Sixth.

[33]'Bellerophon:' who carried letters from Proctus to Jobates, King of
Lycia, which contained an order in cipher for his execution after nine
days. He contrived, however, to escape.

[34]'To Pyrrhus:' by a philosopher who told him he would have been as
happy had he stayed at home, instead of pursuing a career of conquest.

[35]'Proud Eastern:' Nebuchadnezzar.

[36]'Thee:' Lorenzo.

[37]'Lately proved:' in the Sixth Night.

[38]'Presumption's sacrilegious sons:' Korah, &c.

[39]'Lucia:' probably his wife.

[40]'Uriel:' see Milton.

[41]'Title:' The Infidel Reclaimed.

[42]'Bible:' the poetical parts of it.

[43]'Albion's cost:' Admiral Balchen, &c.

[44]'Like a flag floating,' &c.: hence Wilson's line in his 'Address to a
Wild-Deer:'--
'Like a flag burning bright when the vessel is gone.'

[45]'Fucus:' an old type of makeup.--ee

[46]'Snuff:' a candle-end or wick.--ee

[47]'Murray:' Lord Mansfield.

[48]'Fabled boy:' Narcissus.

[49]'Yorke:' Lord Chancellor Hardwick.

[50]'Above:' in a former Night.

[51]'Prussia:' under Frederick the Great.

[52]'One departed world:' the world before the flood.

[53]'Being lost:' referring to the First Night.

[54]'Her:' Lucia.

[55]'Favonian:' of or relating to the west wind. Mild; benign.--ee

[56]'Prometheus:' Night Eighth.

[57]'Intestine:' adj., internal; civil.--ee

[58]'Elance:' to throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.--ee

[59]'Lately fought:' Night Eighth.

[60]'Orrery:' a mechanical model of the solar system.--ee

[61]'Grots:' grottos.--ee

[62]'Tenebrious:' Dark and gloomy; ominous.--ee

[63]'He who drank:' Socrates.

[64]'He of Tusculum:' Cicero.

[65]'Him of Corduba:' Seneca.

[66]'Defecate:' to remove (impurities, as in a chemical solution);
clarify.--ee

[67]'Ajalon's:' "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the
valley of Ajalon" (Josh. 10:12).--ee

[68]'Fane:' place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to
speak.--ed.

[69]'Jakes:' latrine or privy.--ee

[70]'Heliopolis:' meaning the _City of the Sun_.

[71]'Him of Uz:' referring to Job's language, 'Oh that I knew where I
might find him!' &c.

[72]'Eridanus,' or Phaeton: famous for his fall from the chariot of the
sun.

[73]'Great Vine:' John xv. 1.

[74]'Lately:' Nights Sixth and Seventh.

[75]'Philip's ear:' 'Remember, Philip, thou art mortal.'

[76]Prov. viii. 31.

[77]'Titled:' The Consolation.