[245] Hemlock.

[246] Quos Jupiter vult perdere, prius dementat.

[247] The foolish fable of Mahomet accustoming a pigeon to pick peas from his ear, to found his pretensions to inspiration, is well known.

[248] Gilbert Burnet, D. D. afterwards Bishop of Salisbury. See [Note XXVII.]

[249] [Note XXVIII.]

[250] [Note XXIX.]

[251] [Note XXX.]

[252] ——timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. Æneid, II. lib.

[253] [Note XXXI.]

[254] [Note XXXII.]