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.' 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.1

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.10

1 Milbourn, p. 192.-2 Ibid. p. 125.- Whip and Key, preface.-4 Milbourn, p. 105.Ibid. p. 11.- Ibid. p. 176.-7 Ibid. p. 57.Whip and Key, preface. Milbourn, p. 34. 10 Ibid. p. 35.

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.

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.

Wynkyn de Worde, i. 149.

Ward, Edw. i. 233; iii. 34.
Webster, ii. 258.

Whitfield, ibid.

Warner, Thomas, ii. 125.
Wilkins, ibid.

Welsted, Leonard, ii. 207; iii. 170.
Woolston, Thomas, iii. 212.

Wormius, iii. 188.

Wasse, iv. 237.

Walker, Hat-bearer to Bentley, iv. 206, 273.

Wren, Sir C., iii. 329.
Wyndham, iv. 167.

Young, Ed., ii. 116.