_Caleb_--Ford, Lord Grey of Werk.
_Corah_--Dr Titus Oates.
_David_--King Charles II.
_Doeg_--Elkanah Settle, the city poet.
_Egypt_--France.
_Eliab_--Sir Henry Bennet, Earl of
Arlington.
_Ethnic-Plot_--The Popish Plot.
_Gath_--The Land of Exile, more particularly
Brussels, where King
Charles II. long resided.
_Hebrew Priests_--The Church of
England Clergy.
_Hebron_--Scotland.
_Helon_--Earl of Feversham, a Frenchman
by birth, and nephew to
Marshal Turenne.
_Hushai_--Hyde, Earl of Rochester.
_Ishban_--Sir Robert Clayton, Alderman,
and one of the City Members.
_Ishbosheth_--Richard Cromwell.
_Israel_--England.
_Issachar_--Thomas Thynne, Esq.,
who was shot in his coach.
_Jebusites_--Papists.
_Jerusalem_--London.
_Jews_--English.
_Jonas_--Sir William Jones, a great
lawyer.
_Jordan_--Dover.
_Jotham_--Saville, Marquis of Halifax.
_Jothram_--Lord Dartmouth.
_Judas_--Mr Ferguson, a canting
teacher.
_Mephibosheth_--Pordage.
_Michal_--Queen Catharine.
_Nadab_--Lord Howard of Escrick.
_Og_--Shadwell.
_Othniel_--Henry, Duke of Grafton,
natural son of King
Charles II. by the Duchess of Cleveland.
_Phaleg_--Forbes.
_Pharaoh_--King of France.
_Rabsheka_--Sir Thomas Player, one
of the City Members.
_Sagan of Jerusalem_--Dr Compton,
Bishop of London, youngest son
to the Earl of Northampton.
_Sanhedrim_--Parliament.
_Saul_--Oliver Cromwell.
_Sheva_--Sir Roger Lestrange.
_Shimei_--Slingsby Bethel, Sheriff of
London in 1680.
_Sion_--England.
_Solymaean Rout_--London Rebels.
_Tyre_--Holland.
_Uzza_--Jack Hall.
_Zadoc_--Sancroft, Archbishop of
Canterbury.
_Zaken_--A Member of the House of
Commons.
_Ziloah_--Sir John Moor, Lord Mayor
in 1682.
_Zimri_--Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
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FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 67: 'Annabel:' Lady Ann Scott, daughter of Francis, third Earl
of Buccleuch.]
[Footnote 68: 'Adam-wits:' comparing the discontented to Adam and his
fall.]
[Footnote 69: 'Triple bond:' alliance between England, Sweden, and
Holland; broken by the second Dutch war through the influence of France
and Shaftesbury.]
[Footnote 70: 'Vare:' _i.e._, wand, from Spanish _vara_.]
[Footnote 71: 'Him:' Dr Dolben, Bishop of Rochester.]
[Footnote 72: 'Ruler
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