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