[Footnote 9: A dramatic poem written by the Lord Lansdown.]
[Footnote 10: 'Smith:' Edmund, commonly called 'Rag;' see Johnson's
'Poets.']
[Footnote 11: 'Lyæus:' Bacchus.]
[Footnote 12: 'Princess of Wales:' Willielinina Dorothea Carolina of Brandenburg-Anspach—afterwards Caroline, Queen of George II.; she figures in the 'Heart of Mid-Lothian.']
[Footnote 13: 'Gloriana:' Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. See our edition of Waller.]
[Footnote 14: 'Sir Godfrey Kneller:' born at Lubeck in 1648; became a painter of portraits; visited England; was knighted by William III.; died in 1723; lies in Westminster Abbey.]
[Footnote 15: This refers to a portrait of George I.]
[Footnote 16: 'R——:' Rich.]
[Footnote 17: Otherwise,
'Thy goodness I'll proclaim;'
And,
'Resume the glorious theme.' ]