7 the brotherhood] 'Brother' and 'sister' being constant sneers at the Puritan.
play their prizes] = 'fight'.
10 Perhaps another sneer at the 'train-bands' of the City.
15 'distinctly' 1677.
16 'in a' 1677.
18 I suppose à la mode, which is in 1677, is right; but the 'all-a-mode' of 1647, 1651, 1653 is tempting.
20 'murnival' or 'mournival'. Four aces, kings, &c., especially at gleek.
22 1677, &c. 'Or like the College'.
24 'hallow' 1653.
25 I knew not this monster, and suspected that he would not be a delicate monster to know. But Mr. Thorn-Drury has found him in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1777, p. 482. Lazarus Collondo, a Genoese, had a small brother growing out of his side, with one leg, two arms, &c., &c.