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 P. 23, l. 9. Wilkins, John (1614-1672), Bishop of Chester, an English mathematician and one of the founders of the Royal Society. He wrote The Discovery of a New World; or a Discourse tending to prove that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon (1638), with an addition in 1640 of a Discourse concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither. In 1668 he produced his Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, which contains a chapter on Phonetics. Both these books are referred to slightingly by Temple (T. iii. 475 and 517).

Aquinas (1226-1274), the greatest of the Schoolmen. His chief work is his Summa Theologiae.

Bellarmine (1542-1621), a famous apologist for the Roman Catholic Church against the Protestants. In the Tale (S. i. 56) Swift names him as one of the Schoolmen, although in fact his work was quite different from theirs.

P. 23, l. 13. calones, camp-followers.

The following note appears in the 5th Edn.; 'These are pamphlets, which are not bound or covered.'

L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704), wrote a large number of pamphlets, chiefly against the Whigs and Dissenters, as well as translations and other works.

P. 23, l. 20. Hippocrates (fl. 400 ), the famous Greek physician.

Vossius, John Gerard (1577-1649), the Dutch classical scholar and theologian.

P. 24, l. 10. Momus, 'named as the presiding deity of the Moderns, probably on account of the superiority claimed for them in works of humour.' (Scott.)

It seems more probable that Momus is named because he is the typical carping critic, and the Moderns were