ell, _Battle of the Frogs and Mice_. iii. (about 1712).

The last two lines might be amended thus:

There lurks the trembling mouse with bated breath,
And, hid from sight, avoids his instant death.

=Siward= [_Se.'ward_], the earl of Northumberland, and general of the
English forces, acting against Macbeth.--Shakespeare, _Macbeth_ (1606).

=Six Chronicles= (_The_). Dr. Giles compiled and edited six Old English
Chronicles for Bohn's series in 1848. They are: Ethelwerd's _Chronicle_,
Asser's _Life of Alfred_, Geoffrey of Monmouth's _British History,
Gildas the Wise_, Nennius's _History of the Britons_, and Richard of
Cirencester _On the Ancient State of Britain_. The last three were
edited in 1757, by Professor Bertram, in his _Scriptores Tres_, but
great doubt exists as to the genuineness of the chronicles contained in
Dr. Bertram's compilation. (See THREE WRITERS.)

=Sixteen-String-Jack=, John Rann, a highwayman. He was a great fop, and
wore sixteen tags to his breeches, eight at each knee (hanged 1774).

Dr. Johnson said that Gray's poetry towered above the ordinary run
of verse, as Sixteen-String-Jack above the ordinary
foot-pad.--Boswell, _Life of Johnson_ (1791).

=Skeffington=, author of _Sleeping Beauty_, _Maids and Bachelors_, etc.

And sure _great_ Skeffington must claim our praise
For skirtless coats, and skeletons of plays.

Byron, _English Bards and Scotch Reviewers_ (1809).

Transcriber's Note

The following typographical errors and inconsistencies have been
maintained in this version of the book.

Typographical errors:

TN-1 1 Perrose should read Penrose
TN-2 4 tranlation should read translation
TN-3 4 A. D. should read A.D.
TN-4 5 sword.'" should read sword.'
TN-5 9 France. See should read France. (See
TN-6 13 outstretehed should read outstretched
TN-7 14 the the sword should read the sword
TN-8 17 incalcuable should read incalculable
TN-9 19 waistcoat--Mrs. should read waistcoat.--Mrs.
TN-10 34 The vail should read The veil
TN-11 38 "about the Mikado's" should read "about by the Mikado's"
TN-12 42 mutiplied should read multiplied
TN-13 46 Merlin's magic mirror (_q.v._). This entry does not exist.
TN-14 47 "He should read He
TN-15 52 succeeeded should read succeeded
TN-16 53 also; should read also,
TN-17 54 rent is paid. shou