Collin's walk through London and VVestminster a poem in burlesque / written by T.D.

ANNOTATIONS TO THE FIRST CANTO OF THE FIRST PART.

(a) ABdieation, being a Word that has so un∣expectedly been thought fit to serve the Nation in so Important a Juncture, tho it must needs be known to every one that understands Latin; yet 'tis fit to inform the Ignorant, that it means a Deserting or Relin∣quishing a Command or Government.

(b) Captain Tom, a Butcher, who in the be∣ginning of the Late Revolution, having an occasion to dismiss the Mobile rais'd in great Numbers in Smith-Field, spoke thus, Gentle∣men of the Mobility of England, I Adjourn

you all till to Morrow three in the Afternoon, and take notice you are Adjourn'd accordingly.

(c) Little Shock Dogs of Bollonia, whose Noses are broken by those that sell 'em to make their Price the better; The Moors generally use their Infants so, believing a flat Nose an admirable Feature.

(d) OEconomy, ordering, or the prudent go∣vernment of a Thing.

(f) Architas, a Famous Mathematician of Ta∣rentum, Renown'd by Horace, who speaks of him in one of his Odes; he by rare Cunning delivered Plato from the Tyranny of Dioni∣sius.

(e)Charleroy, a Town in the Low Countrys, which I could not forbear noting, by reason of the extraordinary Renown it bears in be∣ing accompted by all that are skilful in the Mathematicks, to be the most Regular Forti∣fication in the whole World.

(g) Pentagons, Bastions, Ravellings, &c. are the Terms of Art us'd for Part of the Works belonging to a Town Fortified.

(h) This Hurling is an Ancient Sport us'd to this day in the Countys of Cornwall and Devon,

where once a Year the hardy young Fellows of each County meet; and a Cork Ball thin∣ly plated with Silver, being thrown up be∣tween 'em, they Run, Busle and Fight for it, to the witty dislocating of many a shrew'd Neck, or for the sport of telling how brave∣ly their Arms or Legs came to be broke when they get home.

(i)Tusser was an Antique Author, famous for writing a Book of Husbandry, and was just as good a Poet for a Gardner, as our late Taylor was for a Waterman.

(k) This Conceipt is improv'd by the Story of Dioclesian, who whilst a private Captain had this Augury spoke to him by a Sibil, Impera∣tor eris cum Aprum interfeceris, which he mi∣staking for a Forest Boar, went dayly a Hunting, making great slaughter amongst 'em, but without any Success, till at last fight∣ing with Volutius Aper, the right Boar was slain, and the Sibils words fulfill'd.

(l) Drexelius, a Reverend and Worthy Di∣vine, that writ an admirable Book upon Eter∣nity.

(m) Cornelius Agrippa, was accompted a Magi∣cian at one and twenty Years Old, for writ∣ing his Book of Occult Philosophy.

(n) Zoroaster and Hermes Trismegistus, were two of the first Learned Men that treated of Magick, striving to prove it only the highest and most sacred Philosophy; and that the Name Magician siginifies only a Wise Man, a Priest, a Prophet; and that they were ancie∣ently receiv'd and honour'd by all Learned Philosophers, commended by Divines, and not unacceptable to the Gospel; tho a great many supercilious Censurers, will have 'em to be Sorcerers, and wicked Dealers with the Devil, tempted thereto by Ambition or In∣terest.

(o) Hannibal or Annibal, the greatest General of the Carthaginians, was sworn by his Fa∣ther at first taking up Arms, to be ever a mortal Enemy to the Romans.

(p) A great part of the Majors grumbling Discourse here was transvers'd from Dia∣logues of some Church Men, (as their Habits declar'd 'em) perform'd in a Coffee-House in the City, who I could wish would take honest Collins Advice, Page 38. to be,

—For Union in the Main, What ere Opinion they maintain.

(q) The seven Sacraments of the Romish Church, which they hold to be instituted by Iesus Christ, and necessary to the Salvation of Man-kind, tho not all of them necessary to every Man.

ANNOTATIONS TO THE SECOND CANTO.

(a) ST. Dunstan was Arch-Bishop of Cant. and weilded the Crosier about the Year—a St. of that Purity of Life as the Romanists have render'd, and withall so Artful in Dis∣pute, that once after a long Argument with the Devil, he forc'd him to own himself con∣futed, which the vulgar Opinion is, he did, by taking him by the Nose with a great Pair of red-hot Tongs.

(b) Herbert in his Book of his Travels relates this pleasant Custom of the Ethiopians, which he says was judiciously us'd to prevent So∣domy; the Bruitish Men that Inhabit the Country, being much more inclin'd to make Cattamites their Mistresses, than Beautiful Women their Wives, which intolerable in∣jury

to Honour and Nature, the Poor neg∣lected Females, strove to redress by invent∣ing a Courtesie, whose tempting Quality they believ'd most likely to draw 'em back to their Duty: To this effect came out an Edict from a certain Queen, Regent there, who the better to allure the Inhabitants from that un∣natural Guilt, ordain'd for the Women a cer∣tain Habit so straight and narrow, that every Motion expos'd their most secret Beauties to the Eye of every Spectator.

(c) This Passage of Collins Whipping, is in imitation of a real Scuffle that I saw hap∣pen between a Carman and a Country Fel∣low, who amongst a great many others, as it is their daily Custom, was staring and won∣dring at the Figures that strook the Quarters upon the Bell.

(d) Here I could not help doing my self the Honour of particularly imitating the Fa∣mous Mr. Butler in his Hudibras, who in describing the Combat betwixt the Knight and Talgol, whom he had certainly slain; but— Pallas in the shape of Rust, &c. page—

(e) Peter Aretine, A Famous Italian Poet and Painter, who for Publishing a Book of shame∣ful

Nudities and Postures, was doom'd by the Senate to have his Eyes put out.

(f) Anthropophagi are a Barbarous People of Scithia, who delight so extreamly to feed up∣on Human-Flesh, that they make perpetual War with their Neighbours meerly for the Lust of Eating, all whom they Kill or take Prisoners.

(g) Domitian the Emperor, at his idle Hours would often descend to the petty Tyranny of torturing Flies, about which noble Enter∣prize he would oft employ himself alone in his Chamber some hours together, insomuch as once when one enquired whether any were within with Caezar, Crispus (in waiting) made answer, Ne Musca quidem.

(h) Dirundan was the Name of the Sword of Orlando Furioso, as the renowned Italian Poet Ariosto mentions it in his History.

(i) Don Quixot de la Mancha's Tilt with the Wind-mills, is so obvious to every one, that it would be impertinent to note it further.

(k) Alluding to his freeing the Slaves that were doom'd to the Gallies mention'd in the—Chapter of the History of Don Quixot.

(l) Fulvia, the Concubine of Quintus Curius, one of the chief Conspirators with Cataline, who according to the Custom of Iilts, slight∣ing her Gallant because his Treasure was ex∣hausted, was by him, to regain her Favour, in∣form'd of the Conspiracy, which she as soon as known declares to the Consul, not through any point of Honour or Justice, but like a right Woman, through Vanity, that she might take place of Sempronia and Catiline's Mrs. Aurelia Orestilla.

(m) In Ben Iohnsons Tragedy of Catiline, Cicero's Oration to the Senate, and several other Speeches are translated from his own Latin, and that of Salust Word for Word.

(n) Palinode signifies a recanting or unsaying of what has been spoken or writ before.

ANNOTATIONS TO THE THIRD CANTO.

(a) THE Major in this place seems to make a reflection upon some late Passages of Cuckoldom publickly expos'd in Westminster-Hall, which being so generally known, I think improper to explain further.

(b) This reflects upon an Observation on some Fresh-Water Officers, whom lately in the Court of Requests in my hearing were severe∣ly descanting upon the Conduct and Pro∣ceedings of Duke Schomberg, bitterly in∣veighing against his Slowness in giving Battle, and tainting his fifty Years Experience, with a bold affirmation of what they would In∣stantly perform if they were in his Post.

(c) In the same place a Comical Red Nos'd Fellow that sells Brandy in or near Bucklers-Bury in London, was vehemently sputtering his Indignation against the Tax of two Shill∣ings in the Pound, withall, politickly affirm∣ing, that to his knowledge the Parliament might maintain the War at a far less Expence to the Subject.

(d) Several Famous Authors affirm, that the Ancient Egyptians held an Onion in such veneration, that some of the bigotted sort in a ridiculous manner us'd to kneel down and Worship it.

(e) This is a new Invention for the Ladies to dress their Heads upon, by the convenience of which the whole Dress may in a Minute be taken off, or put on without any trouble.

(f) Pliny and Solinus make mention of diverse Hairy Nations; and Lycosthenes Writes of a certain Island, the Inhabitants whereof have all their Parts, except their Faces and Palms of their Hands, cover'd over with long Hair; part of the Hide of such a Savage, a certain Sar∣matian sent unto Ulisses Aldrovandus, and is kept in the Musaeum of the Bononian Senate: These kind of Wild Men were first seen at Bononia, when the beautiful Marchioness of

Soranium coming thither, was nobly receiv'd by the Illustrissimo Marcus Casalius, who brought with her a Hairy Girl of eight Years of Age, being the Daughter of a Wild Man born in the Canaries, whose Ef∣figies * 1.1 Aldrovandus expos'd to the view of all his Friends as a great Rarity; there are, as Eusebius also writes, in the East and West Indies, Wild Men who are born smooth like our Infants, but as they grow up have Hair covering their whole Bodies.

(g) This was from an Observation occasion'd by the Russian Embassador, who was here about the Year 1678. who amongst other places visiting Suttons Hospital, in the chief Room chanc'd to see his Picture drawn, with a great Beard, which gave the Embassador (who himself wore a very large one) occa∣sion to reflect on the English for leaving off so graceful an Ornament, that their Ancestors so highly esteem'd, till one that stood by wittily answer'd by his Interpreter, The very Goats here wore Beards, which made the Natives count 'em the less Ornament or Honour.

(h) This I can no further affirm, than▪ that in the Country of Asia where this Queen reign'd, a venerable Author Writes of Women ge∣nerally

having Beards, and consequently she amongst therest, for I'l not bate her a Hair for her Quality.

(i) Several Old Women suspected for Witches in and about Lancashire have been often noted to have Beards of considerable growth, tho that's no general Rule, some of the Reve∣rend and Vertuous being often liable to the same.

(k) The Salique Law was made to hinder the Crown of France from falling from the Sword to the Spinning Wheel, i. e. That it never should be inherited by Women; it is called Salique, either from these Words, si aliqua very often us'd in the said Law, or from the River Sala, near unto which the Franks an∣ciently inhabited.

(l) This was a piece of Policy in Oliver Crom∣well, who whilst the long Parliament sat, and the principal Affairs of State were acting, publish'd an Order for banishing all the Ladies of the Cavalier Party out of London and the Suburbs, that their Wit or Beauty might have no occasion or opportunity to influence his Friends against him.

(m) To discuss Truth from falsehood in any Speech, is one of the two Ends or Offices of

Logick, as the other is to teach a compen∣dious Way to attain any Art or Science, by shewing the Method to be observ'd in coming to the perfect knowledge of them.

(n) Predicables are certain Degrees of Words that are of one Affinity, shewing which com∣prehend more, and which less; there are five of them in Logick, viz, Genus, Species, Dif∣ferentia, Proprium and Accidens.

(o) Ignatius Loyola the Father and Founder of the Jesuits, tho never so shrew'd a Disputant in his Lucid Intervals, yet was by several less bigotted Writers of his own Order at other times accompted little less than a Madman.

(p) The infalibillity of Pope Ioan has been so publickly expos'd, I think it needs no fur∣ther Comment.

(q. r.) A little Treatise of Martin Luthers to Cardinal Borachio, confutes admirably the Ar∣guments of St. Ignatius concerning the Sa∣crifice of the Mass; and this Story of Loyola's beating the Devil, is recorded by the Ro∣manists themselves in the History of his Life, where Page80. we have an account of the De∣vils appearing to him, indeavouring to disturb him in his Prayers, and was by him as often as he came, very well Cudgell'd and Drub'd

away, which if I have chang'd into a Boxing bout to adapt it the nearer to my Poem, I hope the Author has receiv'd no Injury, and that the Reader will forgive me.

(s) Causin and Cressy, two Jesuitical Writers, and great Asserters of Romish Miracles.

(t) The Original of this Story of St. Clare, may be found in Cressy's History, page 411. a∣mongst many other of the same Nature, just as true as this.

ANNOTATIONS TO THE FOURTH CANTO.

(a) THis Passage may be found in the History of Don Iohn de Castro, written by——which confirms the great value the Portuguese and Spaniards put upon their Beards, which Punctilio they held to so severe a Degree amongst 'em in general, that when one Le Rock, a Famous Banditti, was taken and Condemn'd to be Executed at a certain day for several insolent Robberies and Mur∣ders, yet pawning a Tuft of his Beard to his Keeper, that if he would let him in the in∣terim go abroad and dispatch a small Affair, he would return punctually to the time; it was granted him; and having ended his Business came honourably back that very Morning to redeem his Whisker, and was accordingly Executed.

(b) The Character of an Impudent Play-House Orange Wench, being there every day acted, I think needs no further Comment.

(c) An Ancient and Heroick Queen of Britain.

(d) Alexander White and Peter Herrigone, two very Famous and Learned Mathematicians.

(e) These Grandees are meant by Oliver Crom∣wells Privy Council, who after they had been laying the Scene of some brave Fellows Ruin, frequently fell to drinking, and in the middle of their Cups, their chief diversion was to knock one another off the Chairs with Cu∣shions.

(f) Renauldus or Rhinaldus, an exquisite Ger∣main Artist, that Engrav'd the World so Ar∣tificially on a Cherry-Stone, that as a Famous Antique Author reports, there might plain∣ly be dicern'd each particular Kingdom or Country—Believe as you think good, &c.

FINIS.

Notes

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  Aldrovand. in Monst. Hist.