[179b] Sir John Holland (see p. [11]).
[179c] “It caused a violent daub on the paper, which still continues much discoloured in the original” (Deane Swift).
[180a] “He forgot here to say, ‘At night.’ See what goes before” (Deane Swift).
[180c] Irishman. “Teague” was a term of contempt for an Irishman.
[180d] To Mr. Harley, wounded by Guiscard. In this piece Prior said, “Britain with tears shall bathe thy glorious wound,” a wound which could not have been inflicted by any but a stranger to our land.
[181a] Sir Thomas Mansel married Martha, daughter and heiress of Francis Millington, a London merchant.
[181b] Slatterning, consuming carelessly.
[181c] “The candle grease mentioned before, which soaked through, deformed this part of the paper on the second page” (Deane Swift).
[182a] Harcourt.