[208] More commonly called Vanbrugh. In Dryden’s age, the spelling of proper names was not punctiliously adhered to.
[209] Dryden died on the 1st of May, and this letter was written on the 11th of the preceding month. The prologue and epilogue were therefore composed within less than a month of his death.
[210] The Hall of the College of Physicians.
[211] Mr Malone doubts his being Doctor.
[212] Thomas.
[213] Sir Richard Philipps, according to Collins.
[214] Sir Edward Hartop, says Collins.
[215] Susanna, the wife of Sir John Pickering, according to Collins, was the eldest daughter of Sir Erasmus Driden.
[216] Erasmus Driden, the poet’s father, was the writer’s great uncle. All these corrections are made by Mr Malone.
[217] Ego sum Preceptor Amoris. Art. Am. Lib.