Chapter LVII: Book III: translation of, ib. 101

translator’s postscript to, ib. 150
of Heresies, Dryden projects a translation of i, 334

Hoddeson, John, poetical epistle to, xi, 4
remarks on, ib. 3

Hollis, Sir Freschville, account of, ix, 180

Holmes, Sir Robert, enterprise of, ix, 178, 184

Holyday, Barten, account of, xiii, 93

Homer, character of, xi, 211

Homer’s poetry, character of, xii, 59
translations from, ib. 355-388
Virgil’s imitation of, xiv, 182
Dryden meditates a translation of, i, 414

Hooker, Richard, account of, x, 26
treatise of upon Ecclesiastical Policy, ib. 26

Hoped and unhoped, ancient meaning of, xi, 336

Hopkins, Charles, account of, xviii, 163

Horace, character of, xii, 280
translations from, ib. 339-354
Ode 3. of Book I. inscribed to the Earl of Roscommon, ib. 341
Ode 9. of Book I. inscribed to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 344
Second Epode of, ib. 351
character of his father, xiii, 77
and Persius, comparison between, ib. 78
Juvenal, comparison between, ib. 78
Satires of, Dacier’s character of, ib. 99

Housekeeping, noble of the Duke of Beaufort, ix, 391

Howard, Sir Robert, joint author with Dryden of the Indian Queen, ii, 203
note concerning, ib. 263
letter to, ix, 92
poetical epistle to, xi, 7
remarks on, ib. 5
account of, i, 54
Dryden’s controversy with, ib. 94
Lord, infamous conduct of, ix, 278

Hudibras, author of, unrewarded by the court, x, 250
at court, ib. 250

Hughes’s verses, occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, xviii, 227

Huguenot refugee clergy, not all of the same communion, x. 203, 244

Human body, measures of, xvii, 424

Hume’s account of the rise of the Quakers, x, 141

Humours, Shadwell’s, what meant by, x, 396, i, 261

Humourists, dramatis personæ of, x, 452
extract from epilogue to, ib. 456

Hungary, breach of treaty, and death of Ladislaus, king of, vii, 184

Hunt, Thomas, account of, ib. 127

Husband his own Cuckold, epilogue to, x, 423

Hyde, Lord Chancellor, verses to, ix, 65
Anne, vide York, Duchess of
Laurence, vide Rochester, Earl of

Hymn for St John’s Eve, translation of by Dryden, i, 344

I.

James I. state of learning in England on the accession of, i, 5
false taste in age of, ib. 9
play of words in age of, ib. 10
traditionary anecdote of, ib. 13
attached to the sports of the chace, viii, 451
account of one of the revels of, ib. 452
II. titles of poems on accession of, x, 59
character of addresses on accession of, ib. 110
professions of at accession of, ib. 262
declaration of concerning the church of England, ib. 262
relief given by to the French exiled Protestants, x, 264
character of, ib. 226, 265
poetical addresses to on the birth of a son of, ib. 286
birth of son of said to be spurious, ib. 286
believed by the Papists miraculous, ib. 285, 302
pregnancy of queen of ridiculed, ib. 303
account of the birth of son of by Smollet, ib. 305
vide York, Duke of
Eleanor, account of, x, 116
author of a Vindication of the Church of England, ib. 116
John, extract from poem of, ix, 164

Japan, island of, description of, xvi, 290
government of, ib. 291
religion of, ib. 292
language of, ib. 295

Idylliums of Theocritus, translations from, xii, 285-307

Jervas, poetical epistle to, xvii, 282

Jesuits, establishment of in England, x, 255

Iliad of Homer, Book I. translations from, xii, 357
moral not intended in, xiv, 134
Tasso’s imitation of, xiii, 17

Illegitimate children of Charles II. ix, 250

Illiberality of Stillingfleet and Dryden, x, 251

Imitation of Cowley, ix, 191
in translation, what, xii, 12
of Homer by Virgil, xiv, 182

Immunities of the city of London defended, vii, 127

Impossible to translate verbally, xii, 12

Imprisonment and acquittal of the Earl of Shaftesbury, ix, 409

Indelicacy of the stage in the age of Dryden, i, 417

Independents, description of, x, 140

Infallibility, not in the Pope alone, ib. 164-187

Indian Queen, a tragedy, ii. 201
remarks on, ib. 203
prologue to, ib. 205
epilogue to, ib. 255

Indian Emperor, a tragedy, ii, 257
dedication to, ib. 259
remarks on, ib. 290
prologue to, ib. 295
epilogue to, ib. 377
connection of to the Indian Queen, ib. 293

Inaccuracy of Dryden with regard to Sir Philip Sydney, xiii, 18

Indelicacy of Lucretius, xii, 276

Infamous conduct of Lord Howard, ix, 278

Innocent Traitor, extract from, ix, 198

Inscription, burlesque, to be placed under Sir Richard Blackmore’s
picture, viii, 445

Inscription under Milton’s picture, xi, 160

Insolence of the Dutch, ix, 162

Instruction, the end of all poetry, vi, 246

Instructions of St Francis Xavier to missionaries, xvi, 228

Insurrection of Count Teckeli, x, 387

Integral parts of a play, Aristotle’s distinction of, xv, 312

Interment of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 456

Intrigue, comedies of, introduced, i, 76
of Dryden with Mrs Reeves, ib. 87

Invention, necessary both to painting and poetry, xvii, 318
the first part of painting, xvii, 347, 410

John’s (St) Eve, hymn for, i, 344

Johnson, Samuel, account of, ix, 369

Jones, Sir William, account of, ib. 278

Jonson, Ben, character of by Dryden, iii, 222
Shadwell an imitator of, x, 456
a metaphysical poet, i, 11
traditionary anecdote of, ib. 13
attack of on Shakespeare, xv, 344

Journal of Captain Christopher Gunman, extract from, i, 301

Iphis and Ianthe, fable of, xii, 116

Iron Age, from Ovid, xii, 68

Irreligion of Polybius, xviii, 46

Irruption of the Bishop of Munster into the United States, ix, 165

Iter Boreale of Dr Robert Wild, xv, 296

Judah Betrayed, a poem, extract from, ix, 266

Judgment of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy on the works of the principal
painters of the two last ages, xvii, 489

Judicial astrology, Dryden’s belief in, xviii, 207

Jupiter cannot alter the decrees of the fates, xv, 103

Juvenal, translations from, xiii, 1-202
and Horace, comparison between, xiii, 78
First Satire of translated, ib. 119
Third, ib. 130
Sixth, ib. 148
Tenth, ib. 178
Sixteenth, ib. 198

K.

Keis, Robert, anecdote of, vol. i. 23

Ket’s insurrection defeated, v, 181

Killigrew, Dr Henry, account of, xi, 106
Mrs Anne, account of, ib. 102
Elegy to the memory of, ib. 105
remarks on, ib. 102

Kind Keeper, a comedy, vi, 1

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, viii, 107
remarks on, ib. 109
prologue to, ib. 122
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 113
epilogue to, ib. 178

King James I. attached to the sports of the chace, viii, 451
account of one of the revels of, ib. 452
II., vide Duke of York, and James II.

King William, Titus Oates pensioned by, viii, 464

King, confuting arguments used by, disrespect of his person, x, 252

King and Queen, Epilogue to, ib. 393
dedication to the, xvii, 81
of France, dedication to, ib. 89

King’s speech to Oxford Parliament versified, ix, 309
power of granting pardon after condemnation questioned, ix, 310
Head clubs, account of, ib. 380
House, epilogue for, x, 362
and Duke’s players united, ib. 393
company of players, Dryden’s contract with, i, 162
right of the Pope over, x, 19

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, poetical epistle to, xi, 85
account of, ib. 84
character of, ib. 89

Knight’s Tale, or Palamon and Arcite, xi, 241
by Chaucer, xii, iii

L.

Ladislaus, King of Hungary, breach of treaty, and death of, vol. vii, 184

Lady in the Arbour, a fable, xi, 356

Lancashire Witches, reception of, vii, 15
account of, ib. 142
machinery of, x, 382

Landen, behaviour of the Duke of Ormond at, xi, 202

Lanfranc, character of, xvii, 497

Langbaine’s account of Lodowick Carlell, x, 404

Language of Spenser obsolete, xiii, 19
of Japan, xvi, 295

Lansdowne, Lord, account of, xi, 63

Last period of the life of Dryden, i, 439
Settle, ib. 273

Lauderdale, Duke of, examination of Bishop Burnet concerning, x, 274
Earl of, character of, translation of Virgil by, xiv, 223

Laureat, a poem, x, 104
Dryden appointed to the office of, i, 115

Laws of the stage observed more exactly by the French than the English,
xv, 336

Lawson, Sir John, account of, ix, 161

Lawyers, cruel doctrine of, xv, 297

Layman’s faith, or Religio Laici, an epistle, x, 1

League in France, and Covenant in England, parallel between, i, 281
specimen of translation of history of, xvii, 77
history of, author’s dedication to, ib. 89

Learning in England, on the accession of James I. i, 5

Lee, Nat. verses to Mr Dryden by, v. 103
share of in the tragedy of Œdipus, vi, 117
poetical epistle to on his tragedy of the Rival Queens, xi, 23
remarks on, ib. 22
account of the death of, ib. 22

Lee, Eleonora, vide Abingdon, Countess of

Leeds, Duke of, vide Danby, Earl of

Leicester, Earl of, epistle dedicatory to, vii, 283
account of, ib. 283

Leigh, Richard, Dryden’s controversy with, i, 157

Lely, Sir Peter, account of, xii, 267

Letter of Lady Elizabath Dryden to Dr Busby, xviii. 97
Mr John Dennis to Dryden, ib. 111
Jacob Tonson to Dryden, ib. 106
Samuel Pepys to Dryden, ib. 156
Charles Dryden to Corinna, i. 213
and verses of Milbourne to Jacob Tonson, viii, 5
and note on a passage in Creech’s Lucretius, xviii, 94

Letters of Dryden, xviii, 83
remarks on, ib. 85
to Madam Honor Dryden, xviii, 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Reverend Dr Busby, ib. 96, 98
to Mr Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126,
127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
to Mr Dennis, ib. 114
to his sons at Rome, ib. 131
to Mrs Steward, ib. 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157, 161,
169, 171, 174, 178, 180
to Elmes Steward, Esq. xviii, 143
to Samuel Pepys, Esq. ib. 154
to the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
to Mrs Elizabath Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173

Leveson Gower, Sir William, account of, viii, 7
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 7

Libels against Dryden, occasioned by the publication of the Hind and
Panther, x, 104

Liberty of conscience, declaration for, x, 279

Licence in personal satire, xv, 218

Life of John Dryden, i, 1
descent and parentage of, ib. 21
anecdotes of the brothers and sisters of, ib. 25
birth of, i, 27
education of, ib. 27
first poems of, ib. 28
is admitted of Trinity College, Cambridge, ib. 28
punished for contumacy, ib. 29
long residence of at the university, ib. 31
degree of Master of Arts of, xviii, 185
Sir Gilbert Pickering’s clerk, i, 36
death of Cromwell, the first theme of, ib. 38
first poem of consequence of, ix, 83
poems of on the Restoration, i, 50
changes the spelling of his name, ib. 53
is chosen a member of the Royal Society, ib. 56
imitates the style of Davenant, ib. 59
commencement of dramatic career of, ib. 80
first appearance of the Wild Gallant, ib. 80
Rival Ladies, ib. 81
Indian Queen, ib. 83
Indian Emperor, ib. 84
intrigue of with Mrs Reeves, ib. 87
marriage of, ib. 88
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, appearance of, ib. 92
controversy of with Sir Robert Howard, ib. 94
contract of with the King’s Company of Players, ib. 101
appearance of the Maiden Queen of, ib. 104
Tempest, ib. 105
Sir Martin Mar-all, ib. 107
the Mock Astrologer, ib. 109
Royal Martyr, ib. 110
Conquest of Granada, ib. 112
promoted to the offices of poet-laureat and historiographer-royal,
ib. 115
patent of, as poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, xviii, 187
appearance of Marriage A-la-mode, i, 143
the Assignation, ib. 146
--controversy with Matthew Clifford, i, 154
Richard Leigh, ib. 157
Edward Ravenscroft, ib. 160
Elkanah Settle, ib. 259
Rochester, ib. 195
appearance of Massacre of Amboyna, ib. 163
State of Innocence, ib. 166
Aurenge-Zebe, i, 209
is assaulted in Rose-street, ib. 204
meditates an epic poem, ib. 215
appearance of All for Love, ib. 218
Limberham, ib, 221
Œdipus, ib. 222
Troilus and Cressida, ib. 223
the Spanish Friar of, ib. 227
relations of when he composed the Spanish Friar, ib. 233
anecdote of with Southerne, ib. 237
engages in politics, ib. 239
appearance of Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. ib. 243
the Medal, ib. 250
extracts from answer to, ix, 452
controversy of with Shadwell, i, 259, 286
causes of enmity between Shadwell and, x, 472
appearance of Mac-Flecknoe, a satire, i, 266
Absalom and Achitophel, Part II. ib. 268
assisted by Nahum Tate in, ix, 315
effect of the satirical poetry of on English poetry, i, 275
character of, as a satirist, ib. 279
share of in the composition of the Duke of Guise, ib. 281
furnishes a Preface to the translation of Plutarch’s Lives, ib. 289
translates the History of the League, ib. 290
appearance of the First Miscellany of, ib. 294
commencement of Southerne’s friendship with, ib. 294
Memorial of to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 296
appearance of Threnodia Augustales of, ib. 299
--appearance of Albion and Albanius, i, 299
becomes a convert to the Roman Catholic faith, ib. 303
reasons which might influence him in his change of religious opinions,
ib. 303
sincere in his attachment to the Catholic faith, ib. 322
controversy of with Stillingfleet, ib. 323, xviii, 187
illiberality of Dryden and Stillingfleet, x, 251
appearance of the Hind and the Panther, i, 325
libels occasioned by publication of, x, 104
Hind and Panther, where composed, i, 325
projects a translation of the History of Heresies, ib. 334
appearance of the Life of St Francis Xavier, ib. 336
second volume of Miscellanies, ib. 340
character of translations of by Garth, ib. 340
translation of Te Deum, ib. 343
hymn for St John’s eve, ib. 344
consequences of the Revolution to, ib. 347
poetical attacks against, ib. 350
loses the offices of poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, ib. 354
appearance of Don Sebastian, i. 357
King Arthur, ib. 360
Cleomenes, ib. 362
Love Triumphant, ib. 364
last dramatic work of, viii, 333.
list of plays of, with the respective dates of their being acted and
published, i, 367
connections in society of, after the Revolution, ib. 369
indebted to Dorset’s bounty, ib. 370
exaggerated praise of Dorset by, xiii, 15
authority of in Will’s Coffee-house, i, 371
friendship of with Southerne and Congreve, ib. 372
literary friends of, ib. 373
--Dryden attacked by Swift, i, 374
appearance of translation of Juvenal and Persius, ib. 375
smaller pieces, ib. 376
Eleonora, ib. 376
Third Miscellany, ib. 378
controversy of with Rymer, ib. 379
correspondence of with Jacob Tonson, ib. 381
appearance of the translation of Virgil by, ib. 382
Fourth Miscellany, ib. 382
quarrel of with Tonson, ib. 387
anecdote of, ib. 390
and Tonson, ib. 391
dispute of with Milbourne, ib. 394, xi, 237
animadversions of on Milbourne, ib. 403
Ode to St Cecilia, appearance of, ib. 407
set to music by Handel, ib. 410
attacked for his silence on the death of Queen Mary, xviii, 222
translation of Homer meditated by, i, 414
projected works of, xiii, 31
dispute of with Blackmore, i, 420
appearance of Fables, ib. 427
agreement of with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, xviii, 191
resentment of against the clergy, i, 428
the Pilgrim brought forward for the benefit of, ib. 434
attack upon Blackmore and Collier, in the Prologue and Epilogue to the
Pilgrim, i, 436
last period of the life of, ib. 439
death and funeral of, ib. 440
Mr Russell’s bill for funeral of, xviii, 194
description of funeral of, ib. 195
ludicrous account of the funeral of by Farquhar, i, 441
Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning the death and funeral of, xviii, 200
account of funeral of by Mrs Thomas, false, i, 442
account of funeral of by Tom Brown, ib. 443
character of, ib. 444
Life of John Dryden,--character of by Congreve, ii, 9
notices of family of, i, 462
Ode on the death of by Alexander Oldys, xviii, 234

Life of St Francis Xavier, the Apostle of the Indies, xvi, 1
dedication of, ib. 3
writers of, ib. 9
address to the reader by the author of, ib. 8.
his birth, ib. 15
education, ib. 16
teaches philosophy, ib. 19
conversion, ib. 24
arrives at Rome, ib. 29
at Lisbon, ib. 46
departs for the Indies ib. 58.
arrives at Mozambique, ib. 63
at Goa, ib. 71
visits Cape Comorin, ib. 82
miracles of, ib. 83, 89, 91, 99, 111, 113, 131, 155, 163--to 466
converts the Paravas, ib. 101
returns to Goa, ib. 101
visits Comorin, ib. 107
goes to Cochin, ib. 124
Negapatam, ib. 133
Meliapor, ib. 138
Malacca, ib. 150
Amboyna, ib. 158
Isle del Moro, ib. 176
returns to Amboyna, ib. 186
Malacca, ib. 190
arrives at Cochin, ib. 219
visits the Paravas, ib. 226
his instructions to missionaries, ib. 228
visits Ceylon, ib. 233
Goa, ib. 234
baptises a Japonese, ib. 238
visits the Coast of Fishery, ib. 248
returns to Goa, ib. 249
resolves to go to Japan, ib. 249
his instructions to Gasper Barzeus, ib. 254
--sails for Japan, xvi, 276
visits Cochin, ib. 276
Malacca, ib. 276
his instructions to Juan Bravo, ib. 279
arrives at Japan, ib. 287
waits on the king of Saxuma, ib. 297
is treated with honour, ib. 297
receives permission to teach the Christian religion, ib. 297
visits the Bonzas, ib. 299
Bonzas oppose the Christian faith, ib. 301
miracle, ib. 302
arrives at Firando, ib. 312
Amanguchi, ib. 313
Macao, ib. 319
returns to Amanguchi, ib. 321
visits Fugheo, and reception by the king, ib. 343
disputes with a Bonza, ib. 362, 369
leaves Japan, ib. 379
arrives at Cochin, ib. 395
at Goa, ib. 396
affairs of Goa in his absence, ib. 403
engages in a voyage to China, ib. 410
departs from Goa, ib. 421
arrives at Malacca, ib. 422
miracles at Malacca, ib. 423
arrives at the isle of Sancian, ib. 437
means fail him for his passage into China, ib. 451
his sickness, ib. 452
death, ib. 455
interment, ib. 456
disinterred, ib. 457
and carried to Goa, ib. 465
funeral procession, ib. 465
miracles wrought by the dead body, ib. 466.
qualifications, ib. 471
beatification and canonization, ib. 531

Life of St Francis Xavier, an authentic testimony of the truth of the
Gospel, ib. 535

Life of Virgil, xiii. 297
his birth, ib. 298
education, ib. 300
visits Rome, ib. 301
is introduced to Octavius, ib. 302
visits Athens, ib. 306
loses his patrimony, ib. 307
recovers his patrimony, ib. 309
in favour with Augustus, ib, 313
Pastorals, ib. 310
Georgics, ib. 311
Æneis, ib. 316
sickness and death of, ib. 321

Life of Cleomenes, viii. 207
Plutarch, xvii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
birth, ib. 19
education, ib. 23
travels, ib. 27
religion ib. 31
marriage, ib. 39
children, ib. 39
visits Rome, ib. 45
letter to Trojan, ib. 49
his Lives, ib. 51
chosen Archon of Chæronea, ib. 51
other works, ib. 52

Life of Lucian, xviii, 53
remarks on, ib. 55
Congreve, by Wilson, Extract from, ib. 200

Lilburn, John, account of, vi. 363

Lillie, John, share of in determining the taste of the age of Queen
Elizabeth, i. 7

Lilly, the astrologer, x. 263

Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a comedy, vi. 1
remarks on, ib. 3
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 6
prologue to, ib. 13
epilogue to, ib. 114

Lindsay, Earl of, account of, v. 304

List of Dryden’s Plays, with the respective dates of their being acted
and published, i, 367

List of the Nine Worthies, xi, 372

Literary friends of Dryden, i, 373
pursuits, effect of the Revolution upon, i, 385

London, immunities of city of defended, vii, 127
plague in city of, in 1665, ix, 189
city of, dedication to, ix, 89
fire of, conduct of Charles II. on, ix. 187
dreadful effects of, ib. 189

Love in a Nunnery, a comedy, iv, 343

Love Triumphant, or Nature will Prevail, a tragic comedy, viii. 331
remarks on, ib. 333
Dryden’s last Dramatic work, ib. 333
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 337
prologue to, ib. 344
epilogue to, ib. 435

Love’s Kingdom, a pastoral tragi-comedy, extract from, x, 453

Love, description of, xiv. 173

Loyal Feast defeated, extracts from poem of, ix, 390
apprentices dinner, ib. 396
Medal vindicated, extracts from, ib. 423
cause, military chiefs of the city attached to, ib. 451
Brother, prologue to, x, 374
anecdote of, ib. 370
epilogue to, ib. 377

Loyalty of the church of England, x, 154

Lucian, life of, xviii, 53
remarks on, ib. 55
first profession of, ib. 60
teaches rhetoric, and studies law, ib. 61
death of, ib. 61
religion of, ib. 63
character of, ib. 70
murder of, by Rufinus, ib. 57

Lucilius, the satirist, character of, xiii, 58

Lucretius, character of, xii, 272
indelicacy of, ib. 276
translations from, xii, 307-337
beginning of 1st book, xii, 311
2d, ib. 314
3d, ib. 317
4th, ib. 326
5th, ib. 337

Lucretius of Creech, note and letter concerning, xviii, 94

Lute and Sword, combination of, ridiculed, x, 450

Lycidas and Mæris, a pastoral, xiii, 413

Lyrical Pieces, Odes, Songs, xi, 63

M.

Macareus, epistle to, xii, 21

Mac-Flecknoe, a satire against Thomas Shadwell, x, 425
remarks on, ib. 427
character of, i, 266
one of the keenest satires in the English language, ib. 429
its object misconstrued by Dryden’s editors, ib. 432
notes on, ib. 441

Machinery of the Christian religion more feeble than that of the Heathen,
in poetry, xiii, 23
Guardian Angels, ib. 26
the Æneis, xiv, 193
in the Lancashire Witches, x, 382

Mackenzie, Sir George, account of, xiii, 111

Mæcenas, character of, xiii, 307

Maiden Queen, or Secret Love, a comedy, ii, 379
lady, epitaph on, xi, 158

Maimbourg, Lewis, account of, xvii, 182
history of Calvinism of, x, 30

Malacca, account of, xvi, 150
defeat of the Mahometans at, ib. 211

Malone’s account of the Whip and Key, ix, 425
History of the English Stage, extract from, xi, 58

Man of Mode, character of, x, 339
Epilogue to, ib. 339

Mar-all, Sir Martin, a comedy, iii, 1

Maritime affairs, skill of Charles II. in, ix, 160

Mar-prelate, Martin, account of, x, 27

Marriage of Dryden, i, 88

Marriage A-la-mode, a comedy, iv, 231
remarks on, ib. 233
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 235
prologue to, ib. 241
epilogue to, ib. 342
character of, i, 143

Marquis of Clare, vide Haughton, Lord
Halifax, account of, viii, 113, ix, 305
epistle dedicatory to, viii, 113
Worcester, vide Beaufort, Duke of
Winchester, epitaph on, xi, 154
account of, ib. 152
Normanby, dedication to, xiv, 127
vide Buckingham, Duke of

Marvel’s Growth of Popery, ix, 420
description of Richard Flecknoe, x, 441

Massacre of Pans, transposed for the Duke of Guise, vii, 188
Amboyna, character of, i, 164

Mason, Mr, poetical epistle of, xvii, 284

Master of Arts, Dryden’s degree of, xviii, 185

Masque of Calisto, dramatis personæ of, x, 337

Meal-tub Plot, Waller’s discovery of, ix, 382

Measures of the human body, xvii, 424

Mechanical genius of Charles II. ix. 60

The Medal, or a satire against Sedition, ix, 407
remarks on, ib. 409
publications in opposition to, ib. 415
character of, i, 250
reply to, i, 255

Medal, Bower’s, of the Earl of Shaftesbury, ix, 412

Meleager and Atalante, xii, 96

Melibæus, a pastoral, xiii, 402

Memorial of Dryden to the Earl of Rochester, i,296

Metamorphoses, Ovid’s, translations from, xii, 43-227