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MR DRYDEN TRICKED HIS SUB-
SCRIBERS.

I wonder that any man, who could not but be conscious of his own unfitness for it, should go to amuse the learned world with such an undertaking! A man ought to value his reputation more than money; and not to hope that those who can read for themselves will be imposed upon, merely by a partially and unseasonably celebrated name. 1 Poetis quidlibet audendi shall be Mr Dryden's motto, though it should extend to picking of pockets.2

NAMES BESTOWED ON MR DRYDEN.

An Ape.-A crafty ape dressed up in a gaudy gown-whips put into an ape's paw, to play pranks with-none but apish and papish brats will heed him.3

An Ass.-A camel will take upon him no more burden than is sufficient for his strength, but there is another beast that crouches under all."

A Frog.-Poet Squab endued with Poet Maro's spirit! an ugly croaking kind of vermin, which would swell to the bulk of an ox.5

A Coward.-A Clinias or a Damætas, or a man of Mr Dryden's own courage. A Knave.-Mr Dryden has heard of Paul, the knave of Jesus Christ; and, if I mistake not, I've read somewhere of John Dryden, servant to his Majesty.

A Fool.-Had he not been such a self-conceited fool."-Some great poets are positive blockheads."

A Thing. So little a thing as Mr Dryden.1

1 Milbourn, p. 192.-2 Ibid. p. 125.- Whip and Key, preface.- Milbourn, p. 105.Ibid. p. 11.- Ibid. p. 176.-7 Ibid. p. 57.Whip and Key, preface.- Milbourn, p. 34. 10 Ibid. p. 35.

MR POPE TRICKED HIS SUBSCRIBERS.

'Tis indeed somewhat bold, and almost prodigious, for a single man to undertake such a work; but 'tis too late to dissuade by demonstrating the madness of the project. The subscribers' expectations have been raised in proportion to what their pockets have been drained of.' Pope has been concerned in jobs, and hired out his name to booksellers.

NAMES BESTOWED ON MR POPE.

An Ape.-Let us take the initial letter of his Christian name, and the initial and final letters of his surname, viz., APE, and they give you the same idea of an ape as his face, &c.

An Ass. It is my duty to pull off the lion's skin from this little ass.*

A Frog.-A squab short gentleman -a little creature that, like the frog in the fable, swells, and is angry that it is not allowed to be as big as an ox.5 A Coward.-A lurking, way-laying coward."

A Knave. He is one whom God and nature have marked for want of common honesty."

A Fool.-Great fools will be christened by the names of great poets, and Pope will be called Homer.

A Thing.-A little abject thing."

1 Homerides, p. 1, &c.-2 British Journal, Nov. 25, 1727. Dennis, Daily Journal, May 11, 1728.- Dennis, Remarks on Homer, Preface.-Dennis's Remarks on the Rape of the Lock, preface, p. 9.- Character of Mr P., p. 3.- Ibid.8 Dennis, Remarks on Homer, p. 37.- Ibid. p. 8.

INDEX

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PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM.

THE FIRST NUMBER SHOWS THE BOOK; THE SECOND, THE VERSE.

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Blackmore, Sir Richard, i. 104; ii.
268.

Bezaleel Morris, ii. 126; iii. 168.
Banks, i. 146.

Broome, ibid.

Bond, ii. 126.

Brown, iii. 28.

Bladen, iv. 560.

Budgel, Esq., ii. 307.

Bentley, Richard, iv. 201.

Bentley, Thomas, ii. 205.

Boyer, Abel, ii. 413.
Bland, a gazetteer, i. 231.

Breval, J. Durant, ii. 126, 238.

Benlowes, iii. 21.

Bavius, ibid.

Burmannus, iv. 237.

Benson, William, Esq., iii. 325; iv.
110.

Burgersdyck, iv. 198.
Boeotians, iii. 50.
Bruin and Bears, i. 101.
Bear and Fiddle, i. 224.
Burnet, Thomas, iii. 179.
Bacon, iii. 215.
Barrow, Dr, iv. 245.

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Kuster, iv. 237.

Kirkall, ii. 160.

Lintot, Bernard, i. 40; ii. 53.

Laws, William, ii. 413.
Log, King, i. lin. ult.
Locke, iii. 215.

More, James, ii. 50, &c.

Morris, Bezaleel, ii. 126; iii. 168.
Mist, Nathaniel, i. 208.
Milbourn, Luke, ii. 349.
Mahomet, iii. 97.

Mears, William, ii. 125; iii. 28.
Motteux, Peter, ii. 412.
Monks, iii. 52.

Mandevil, ii. 414.

Morgan, ibid.

Montalto, iv. 105.

Mummius, an antiquary, iv. 371.
Milton, iii. 216.

Murray, iv. 169.

Newcastle, Duchess of, i. 141.
Nonjuror, i. 253.
Newton, iii. 216.

Ogilby, John, i. 141, 328.
Oldmixon, John, ii. 283.
Ozell, John, i. 285.
Ostrogoths, iii. 93.
Omar, the Caliph, iii. 81.
Owls, i. 271, 290; iii. 54.
Owls, Athenian, iv. 362.
Osborne, bookseller, ii. 167.
Osborne, mother, ii. 312.

Prynne, William, i. 103.
Philips, Ambrose, i. 105; iii. 326..
Paridel, iv. 341.

Prior, ii. 124-138.
Popple, iii. 151.
Pope, iii. 332.
Pulteney, iv. 170.

Quarles, Francis, i. 140.

Querno, Camillo, ii. 15.

Ralph, James, i. 216; iii. 165.

Roome, Edward, iii. 152.

Ripley, Thomas, iii. 327.

Ridpath, George, i. 208; ii. 149.
Roper, Abel, ii. 149.

Rich, iii. 261.

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Tate, i. 105, 238.

Theobald, or Tibbald, i. 133, 286.
Tutchin, John, ii. 148.

Toland, John, ii. 399; iii. 212.

Tindal, Dr, ii. 399; iii. 212; iv. 492..

Taylor, John, the Water-Poet, iii. 19.
Thomas, Mrs, ii. 70.

Tonson, Jacob, i. 57; ii. 68.
Thorold, Sir George, i. 85.
Talbot, iv. 168.

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