but
produced at the Theatre Royal November-December, 1685, or very early
in 1686), we have Scaramouch asking what practice the Doctor has, and
Harlequin replies: 'Why his Business is to patch up rotten Whores
against the Term for Country Lawyers and Attorneys Clerks; and against
_Christmas_, _Easter_, and _Whitsun_ Holidays, for City Apprentices.'
cf. Southerne's _Oroonoko_ (1696), I, i, when Charlot Welldon says to
her sister Lucia, 'Nay, the young Inns-of-Court beaus, of but one
Term's standing in the fashion, who knew nobody but as they were shown
'em by the orange-women, had nicknames for us.' More often a Termer
meant 'A person, whether male or female, who resorted to London in
term time only, for the sake of tricks to be practised, or intrigues
to be carried on at that period.' --(Nares.)

+ACT II: Scene ii+

p. 347 _Sa._ i.e. Save us! Sir Morgan has a frequent exclamation 'God
sa me!' God save me! The abbreviation is early and frequent.

+ACT III: Scene i+

p. 356 _the Country of True Love._ Mrs. Behn, an omnivorous reader
of romances, was thinking of the celebrated _Carte de Tendre_
(Loveland), to be found in Mlle. de Scuderi's _Clelie_ (1654, Vol. I,
p. 399), and reproduced in the English folio edition of 1678. This
fantastic map, which is said to have been suggested by Chapelain,
aroused unbounded ridicule. In scene iv of Moliere's _Les Precieuses
Ridicules_ (1659), Cathos cries, 'Je m'en vais gager qu'ils n'ont
jamais vu la carte de Tendre, et que Billets-Doux, Petits-Soins,
Billets-Galante, et Jolis-Vers sont des terres inconnues pour eux.'
This imaginary land is divided by the River of Inclination: on the
one side are the towns of Respect, Generosity, A Great Heart, and the
like; on the other Constant Friendship, Assiduity, Submission, &c.
Across the Dangerous Sea another continent is marked, 'Countreys
undiscovered.' _Terra Incognita._

The extravagant penchant for romances of the Scuderi _Parthenissa_
school was amply satirized by Steele in his clever comedy _The Tender
Husband_ (1705), and as late as 1752 by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox in _The
Female Quixote_, an amusing novel.

p. 360 _old Queen Bess in the Westminster-Cupboard._ The waxen
effigies which yet remain at Westminster are preserved in the wainscot
presses over the Islip Chapel. Queen Elizabeth, in her tattered velvet
robes, is still one of the most famous. They were fo