[535] Book iii., ch. iii., p. 181
[536] Book iii., ch. iii., p. 181.
[537] Canting Academy, second edition, 1674, as quoted in Malcolm’s “Manners and Customs,” vol. i., p. 322.
[538] Lansdowne MS., No. 231 “Remains of Judaisme and Gentilisme.”
[539] There is a very unfavourable parallel between the Ladies and Besses of Bedlam in the Muse’s Recreation, 1656, entitled:—“Upon the naked Bedlams and spotted Beasts we see in Covent Garden,” beginning:—
“When Besse! she ne’re was half so vainly clad,
Besse ne’re was half so naked, half so mad;
Again, this raves with lust, for love Besse ranted,
Then Besse’s skin is tanned—this is painted.”
[540] Advertisement in the original edition of the Spectator, No. clxxxvi.
[541] City Mercury, or Advertisements concerning Trade. November 4, 1675.
[542] London Gazette, May 30-June 3, 1681, where he gives a most dismal catalogue of what he could do.