[375] Julian the Apostate.
[376] Burnet. See [note XII.]
[377] Pordage. See [note XIII.]
[378] Hall. See [note XIV.]
[379] Settle. See [note XV.]
[380] In Settle's poem, he calls the Duke of York Absalom. For his apology, see note XV.
[381] There is a ballad on this loathsome story among the Rump Songs.
[382] Settle gave his poem, in answer to Dryden, the title of "Absalom Senior, or Absalom and Achitophel transprosed." And the first verse runs thus:
In gloomy times, when priestcraft bore the sway.