[72] Sir Peter Lely, b. (in Westphalia) 1617; d. 1680.
[73] Richard Baxter, b. 1615; d. 1691. His Saints’ Rest published in 1653 (Lowndes).
[74] Andrew Marvell, b. 1620; d. 1678. Early edition of Life and Works by Cooke, 1726. (Later reprints.) Dr. Grosart also a laborer in this field.
[75] Aubrey.
[76] Samuel Butler, b. 1612; d. 1680. Editions of Hudibras (his chief book) are many and multiform; that of Bohn perhaps as good as any. His posthumous works, not much known, were published in 1715. No scholarly editing of his works or life has been done.
[77] Paradise Lost appeared 1667; first part of Hudibras, 1663; third part not till 1678.
[78] Some of the couplets in the two ran so nearly together as almost to collide. Thus, Butler says:
“He that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that’s slain.”
While Trumbull’s couplet runs thus: