[Footnote 3: 'Gresham Hall,' originally the house of Sir Thomas Gresham in Winchester. It was converted by his will into a college, no remains of which now exist.]
[Footnote 4: 'Curl,' a famous publisher to Grub Street.]
[Footnote 5: Garth's Dispensary.]
[Footnote 6: 'Porta:' a native of Naples, famous for skill in the occult sciences. He wrote a book on Physiognomy, seeking to trace in the human face resemblances to animals, and to infer similar correspondences in mind.]
[Footnote 7: '——When impious men bear sway,
The post of honour is a private station.'-ADDISON.]
[Footnote 8: 'Antiochus': See Plutarch.]
[Footnote 9: Barrow.]
[Footnote 10: 'The Macedonian:' Alexander the Great.]
[Footnote 11: 'Corelli:' Arcangelo, the greatest fiddler, till Paganini, that has appeared. He was born in the territory of Bologna, in 1653, and died in 1713.]
[Footnote 12: 'Antoninus:' Marcus, one of the few emperors who have been also philosophers.]