But why should not he the pillory foresee, Wherein poor Toby once was ta'ne? And also foreknow to th' gallows he must go, Then [fears] avaunt! upon the ' hill My Hope fhall caft'her' anchor ftill, Untill I fee some peaceful Dove 40 45. Which now difturb' my troubled brain, Elfe never rejoyce till I hear the voice, That the King enjoys his own again, 7.41. The Edinburgh copy reads Till then upon Ararats hill; NOTES. V. 1. "This Booker was a great Fishing-tackle maker in King Charles the Firft's time, and a very eminent proficient in that noble art and mystery, by application to which be came to have skill in the Depth of Ponds and Rivers,* as is here wifely observ'd.... He liv'd at the house in Tower-street, that is now the fign of the Gun, and being' us'd to this fedentary diverfion... he grew mighty cogitabund, from whence a frenzy feiz'd on him, and he turn'd enthufiaft like one of our French prophets, and went about prognofticating the downfall of the King and Popery, * Pond and Rivers are printed as proper names in all the copies. which were terms fynonymous at that time of day. Tis true, Cornelius a Lapide, Anglice, Con. Stone, has given him the title of a Star-gazer; but I have it from Some of bis contemporaries, that he was nothing of a Conjurer, only one of the moderate men of thofe times, who were tooth and nail for the deftruction of the King and Royal Family, which put him upon that fort of Speculation." The V.9. "Swallow, Dove, and Dade, were as excellent at this time of day in the knowledge of the aftronomical Science, as either Partridge, Parker, or.. Dr. Cafe is now, and bred up to handicraft trades as all these were. firft was a Corn-cutter in Gutter-lane, who, from making a cure of Alderman Pennington's wife's great toe, was cry'd up for a great practitioner in phyfick, and from thence, as most of our modern quacks do, arriv'd at the name of a Cunning Man.... The Second was a Cobler in White-crofsfreet, who, when Sir William Waller paffed by his fall in his way to attack the King's party in Cambridgeshire, told him, The Lord would fight his battles for him and upon Sir William's fuccefs, was taken into the rebels pay, and made an Almanack maker of. The last was a good innocent Fiddle-ftring feller, ... who being told by a neighbouring teacher that their mufick was in the fars, fet himself at work to find out their habitations, that he might be inftrument maker to them; and having with much ado got knowledge of their place of abode, was judg'd by the Round beads fit for their purpose, and had a penfion affign'd bim to make the Stars Speak their meaning, and justify the villainies they were putting in practice." V. 33. "" Toby Walker (Note, I don't affirm that he was grandfather to the famous Dr. Walker, governor of Londonderry, who was kill'd at the battle of the Boyn, and bappen'd to be overfeer of the market at Ipswich in Suffolk, on account of giving falje evidence at an affize held there) was a creature of Oliver Cromwell's, who, from a basket maker on Dowgate-bill, on account of his fufferings, as was pretended, in the cause of truth, was made colonel in the rearmy, and advanc'd afterwards to be one of the com bals nittee of fafety. He was the perfon that at the battle of Marston Moor, broke into the Kings head quarters, and Jeiz'd upon his Majesty's private papers, which afterwards were printed in order to render him odious to his fubjects ; and not without some reason, judg'd to be that abandon'd Regicide that fever'd the head of that Royal Martyr from bis fhoulders on a public ftage before his own pallace gate." V. 34. "Hammond the Almanack maker, was no manner of relation to colonel Hammond who had the King prifoner in the Isle of Wight, but one of that name, that always put down in a Chronological table when fuch and fuch a Royalift was executed, by way of reproach to them; by doing of which his almanack was said to be bloody. He was a butcher by trade, and for his zeal to the then prevailing party, made one of the infpectors of the victualling office." XI. PHILLIDA FLOUTS ME. From The Theatre of Compliments, or New Academy. Lond. 1689. 12mo. It is mentioned by the milkwoman in Waltons Compleat Angler. Lond. 1653. 8vo." What Song was it, I pray? was it, Come Shepherds deck your heads: or, As at noon Dulcina refted: or, PHILIDA FLOUTS ME?"—and is probably much older. The answer is modern; by A. Bradley. "Dulcina" is printed both by D'urfey and Percy. Come Shepherds, &c." is not known. OH! At the fair t'other day, And would not spy me. But could not get her; Dick had her to the vine, He might intreat her. With Daniel fhe did dance, On me the wou'd not glance; Phillida flouts mé. Fair maid be not so coy, Do not difdain me; I am my mother's joy, Sweet entertain me, 5 10 15 20 25 I fhall |