FOOTNOTES:
[26] Knights of the post were hired witnesses and men of straw who made a trade of becoming bail. They hung about the various inns of court so as to be available at a moment's notice. In Hudibras we read:
"Retain all sorts of witnesses
That ply i' the Temples under trees,
Or walk the Round with Knights o' th' Posts
About the crossed-legged Knights their hosts."
[27] In Covent Garden.
[28] A courtesan.
[29] A famous ordinary, which stood on the site of Drummond's bank at Charing Cross, frequently alluded to by writers of the period.
[30] Refuse.
[31] The fate, according to an old proverb, of those who die maids.
[32] Hysterics.
[33] A well-known prison near the west end of Westminster Abbey, where political prisoners were confined.
[34] An old superstitious practice. Pepys makes mention of pigeons being placed at the feet of Catherine of Braganza, Charles II.'s queen, when she was dangerously ill.
