15 It seems hardly necessary to remind the reader of the well-known habit of painting Judas's hair red.
19 could ... tone] or in the Empiric's misty tone MS.
21 Stephen Marshall, the 'Smec.' man and a mighty cushion-thumper (who denounced the 'Curse of Meroz' on all who came not to destroy those in any degree opposed to the Parliament), actually preached Pym's funeral sermon.
22 'Damnati-on'. But MS. reads 'a whole pulpit full'.
28 1653 has the obvious blunder of 'feet' repeated for 'teeth'. The first 'feet' is itself less obvious, but I suppose the strong claw and grip of the badger's are meant. Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb. I never knew but one badger, who lived in St. Clement's, Oxford, and belonged (surreptitiously) to Merton College. I did not notice his feet.
32 The more usual reproach was the other way—that 'the Scot would not fight till he saw his own blood'.
38 1677, less well, 'that Scot'.
39 'ours ... maintain' 1647, 1651, 1653: 'our ... obtain' 1677.
41 The Scot] Sir William Balfour, a favoured servant of the King, who deserted to the other side.
44 A difficulty has been made about 'collegiate', but there is surely none. The word (or 'collegian') is old slang, and hardly slang for 'jail-bird'. The double use of the Tower as a prison and a menagerie should of course be remembered.