Chapter LVIII: Book I: ib. 63

the Golden Age, ib. 66
the Silver Age, ib. 67
the Brazen Age, ib. 68
the Iron Age, ib. 68
Giants’ War, ib. 69
of Daphne into a laurel, xii, 81
Io into an heifer, ib. 85
the eyes of Argus into a peacock’s train, ib. 90
Syrinx into reeds, ib, 91
of Æacus into a cormorant, xii, 154

Metamorphoses, Book XII. ib. 156

Metaphrase translation, what, ib. 11

Metaphysical poet, what, i, 10
poetry favoured by the public till the beginning of the civil wars,
i, 12
poets, Cowley the most ingenious of, i, 16
neglected harmony of numbers, ib. 17

Mexico, Conquest of, a tragedy, ii, 257

Middleton, Earl of, Etherege’s Epistle to, xi, 40

Milbourne, Luke, account of, i, 394
letter of, and verses to Mr Tonson on Amphitryon, viii, 5
attack on Dryden, xi, 158
dispute of with Dryden, i, 394
an admirer of Dryden, i, 395
translation of Virgil by, character of, i, 397
criticism by, of Dryden’s Virgil, specimen of, i, 397

Military chiefs of the city, attached to the loyal cause, ix, 451

Milled money, not struck in England before 1663, ib. 451

Milton, John, character of, xiii, 19
difference between the taste of Dryden and, i, 168
not swayed by the conceits of his time, i, 16
inscription under picture of, xi, 160

Miracles of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 83, 89, 91, 99, 111, 113, 131, 155,
163, &c.

Miscellany, first, of Dryden, appearance of, i, 294
second, ib. 340
third, ib. 378
fourth, ib. 382

Missionaries, Catholic, diligence of, in converting the Heathen, x, 192
St Francis Xavier’s instructions to, xvi, 228

Mistake of Dryden concerning the tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex, ii, 118

The Mistakes, prologue to, x, 408

Mistake concerning the dedication of Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146

Mithridates, epilogue to, x, 341, 354

Mock Astrologer, a comedy, iii, 207

Moderate divines, what, x, 242

Modern satire, definition of, xiii, 105

Moliere, Psyche, an opera, imitated from, x, 448

Money, milled, not struck in England before 1663, ix, 451

Monmouth and Buccleuch, Duchess of, account of, ii, 250, ix, 256
dedication to, ii, 259

Monmouth, Duke of, account of, ix, 250
epistle dedicatory to, in, 346
reception of, in an excursion through England, ix, 288
partizans of, designs of, x, 364
and Duke of Guise, no parallel intended between, vii, 144

Montague, Hon. Charles, letter of Dryden to, xviii, 159

Montague and Prior, parody of the Hind and Panther of, x, 91

Montfort, Mrs, character of, iv, 233

Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, xviii, 215

Moor, Sir John, account of, ix, 402

Moral not intended by Homer in the Iliad, xiv, 134
of the Æneid, ib. 150
disputed by Heyne, ib. 150

Mordaunt, Charles, vide Earl of Peterborough

Morley, Dr George, account of, xvii, 182

Motteux, Peter Anthony, poetical epistle to, xi, 69
remarks on, ib. 67
account of, ib. 67

Motteux’s account of St Cecilia’s Festival, xi, 166

Mountfort the comedian, character of, x, 412

Moveable scenes introduced on the stage, i, 79

Moyle, Walter, account of, xviii, 76

Mozambique, description of, xvi, 63

Mulgrave, Earl of, account of, v, 174
character of, ib. 175
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174
vide Buckingham, Duke of

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

Murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, ix, 285
Thomas Thynne, Esq. ib. 292
Lucian by Rufinus, xviii, 57

Music, Shadwell’s proficiency in, x, 448
Ode to St Cecilia set to, by Handel, i, 410

Mysteries or religious plays, origin of, xv, 247

N.

Naboth’s Vineyard, or the Innocent Traitor, extracts from, ix, 198

Names of the English fleet changed, ib. 48

Nature will Prevail, a tragi-comedy, viii, 331
of satire, xiii, 37

Naugeria, Andrew, anecdote of, vi, 370

Neander, Dryden’s feigned appellation, xv, 283

Neptune, pilots’ prayer to, vii, 17

New House, epilogue spoken at opening of the, x, 326

Newcastle, Duke of, account of, iii, 209
Congreve’s dedication to, ii, 5
epistle dedicatory to, iii, 209
Duchess of, account of, iii, 210

Nicholas V. Pope, character of, xviii, 24
panegyric on, ib. 25

Niggardliness of booksellers, xv, 194

Nine Worthies, life of the, xi, 372

Nokes, the comedian, description of, xi, 50

Nonnes Priestes Tale, by Chaucer, xii, liii

Non-resistance, decree of the University of Oxford concerning, x, 241

Normanby, Marquis of, dedication to, xiv, 127
vide Mulgrave, Earl of, and Buckingham, Duke of

North’s description of Titus Oates, ix, 355
opinion of Shaftesbury’s designs upon the person and authority of
Charles II. ix, 451

Northleigh, John, poetical epistle to, xi, 37
remarks on, ib. 85
account of, ib. 35

Note concerning Polybius, xviii, 19

Notes on Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 15
on Astrea Redux, ix, 41
Panegyric on the Coronation of Charles II. ib. 59
Verses to the Duchess of York, ib. 79
Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. ib. 249