[291] Trinity Sunday, the octave of Whitsunday.
[293] Alluding only to the commonwealth party here, and in other parts of the poem. Dryden.—See [Note II.]
[294] Rev. xii. v. 4.
[295] The Cross.
[296] The Crescent, which the Turks bear for their arms. Dryden. [Note III.]
[297] The Pope, in the time of Constantine the Great; alluding to the present Pope. Dryden.—See [Note IV.]
[298] King James II.
[299] Bill of Exclusion.
[300] The Lemmon Ore, on which the vessel of King James was lost in his return from Scotland. The crew perished, and he himself escaped with difficulty. See Vol. IX. p. 401.