[31e] Scott suggests that the allusion is to The Tale of a Tub.

[31f] An extravagant compliment.

[32a] See p. [62].

[32b] L’Estrange speaks of “trencher-flies and spungers.”

[32c] See p. [2].

[32d] Samuel Garth, physician and member of the Kit-Cat Club, was knighted in 1714. He is best known by his satirical poem, The Dispensary, 1699.

[32e] Gay speaks of “Wondering Main, so fat, with laughing eyes” (Mr. Pope’s Welcome from Greece, st. xvii.).

[32f] See p. [24], note 3.

[33a] See the letter of Oct. 10, 1710, to Archbishop King.

[33b] See p. [6].