[Footnote 125: 'Swallow:' this story is supposed to refer to a meeting of Roman Catholics held in the Savoy to deliberate on King James' measures, when Father Petre (M. Martin) induced them to join the king's side, and to remain in England.]
[Footnote 126: 'Dorp:' hamlet.]
[Footnote 127: 'The tale:' a parable of the fate of the Papists, soon fulfilled.]
[Footnote 128: 'Old fanatic:' Century White, a vehement writer on the
Puritan side.]
[Footnote 129: 'Toby's:' Tobit; see Apocrypha.]
[Footnote 130: 'A plain good man:' a character of King James II.]
[Footnote 131: 'Doves:' the clergy of the Church of England, and other religions dissenting from that of Rome.]
[Footnote 132: 'Another farm,' &c.: this alludes to the Popish priests, whom the king particularly favoured.]
[Footnote 133: 'Chanticleers:' friars.]
[Footnote 134: 'Partlet:' nuns.]