[266] 'Patavinity:' the provincial dialect of Padua, in which Livy wrote.
[267] 'Isle:' alluding to the insignificant size of the Isle of Bute.
[268] 'A queen:' Penelope, in the Odyssey.
[269] 'John Lockman:' secretary to the British Herring Fishery Board.
[270] 'Drawcansir:' Lord Talbot.
[271] 'Amyand:' George and Claudius Amyand were eminent merchants.
[272] 'Perry Cust:' a London merchant.
[273] 'Gideon:' Sampson Gideon, a wealthy Jew broker.
[274] 'Ponton:' Daniel Ponton, a gentleman of fortune, and a friend of
the administration, was a magistrate for the county of Surrey.
[275] 'Faithful to James:' alluding to the Earl of Mansfield's original
predilection for the Pretender.