missive deference to the established worship of his country. Xenophon tells us, that his prince (whom he sets forth as the pattern of perfection), when he found his death approaching, offered sacrifices on the mountains to the Persian Jupiter and the Sun, according to the custom of the Persians; for those are the words of the historian (6). Nay the Epicureans and anatomical philosophers shewed a very remarkable modesty in this particular; for though the being of a God was entirely repugnant to their schemes of natural philosophy, they contented themselves with the denial of a Providence, asserting at the same time the existence of gods in general; because they would not shock the common belief of mankind, and the religion of their country." L APPENDIX. NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY. No. 129. (a) The Steenkirk was a kind of military cravat of black silk probably worn first at the battle of Steenkirk in August 1692. No. 133. (a) The name of his friend here so pathetically lamented was Stephen Clay a barrister. There are two poems of his in Steele's correspondence, vol. 2. p. 315. No. 136. (a) He was prime minister of Charles XII. No. 138. (a) This advertisement is said to have brought Lillie into such notice, that he soon raised a fortune from his trade. No. 139. (a) The colours taken at Blenheim, in 1704, were fixed up in Westminster-hall after having been carried in procession through the city. No. 140. (a) It is to be regretted that this promise never was fulfilled. No. 141. (a) (a) The names of two of the actors. (b) (b) Different incidents in the play of the Lancashire Witches. No. 142. (a) These letters are all genuine, and were sent by Steele to Mrs. Scurlock, afterwards Lady Steele. No. 144. (a) Aristotle. (b) Plato. (e) Socrates. (d) Theophras bus. These apophthegms are taken from Diogenes Laertius. (e) Antisthenes. No. 146. (*) Burnot's theory of the earth. No. 152. (a) The Frenchman was the Chev. de Flourilles, a general under the Prince of Condé. No. 160. (a) Or the French prophets; They were a set of enthusi asts of Cevennes in France, who worked themselves into strange distortions of the body, pretending gifts and mira: cles. No. 164. (a) "The Theodosius and Constantia" of Dr. Langhorne took its rise from this paper. There was also at this time published a poem having a similar title. No. 166. (a) The Atheistical writer here alluded to is thought to be Mr. Toland. No. 168. (a) Dr. Brady, who joined in the new version of the Psalms. (¿) The Water Theatre, at the lower end of Piccadilly, famous in those times; it consisted of Sea-Gods, Nymphs, &c. spouting out water. No. 171. (a) The following advertisement refers to this and the preceding Paper on Jealousy. "I William Crazy, aged threescore and seven, having for several years been afflicted with uneasy doubts, fars, and vapours, occasioned by the youth and beauty of Mary my wife, aged twenty-five, do hereby, for the benefit of the public, give notice, that I have found great relief from two doses, having taken them two mornings together with a dish of chocolate. Witness my hand, &c." Spect. Vol. VII. No. 547. See also No. 178. of this volume. (6) Antiquities of the Jews. Book xv. chap. 3. sect. 5, 6, 9. Chap. 7. sect. 1, 2, &c. No. 173. (a) This is the first of the Papers mentioned as an infalli ble cure for hypochondric melancholy; the others are No. 184, 191, 203, 209, 221, 233, 235, 239, 245, 247, and 251. See Spec. Vol. VII. No. 547. (b) Namure was taken from the French Sept. 1. 1695, by King William, in the sight of an army of 100,000 men, which the King of France had sent to relieve it. (c) The foregoing Paper had such an effect, that immediately on publishing it, the proposed Grinning-match was laid aside. With such respect were the Spectator's admonitions received in those days even in a distant country. An attention that perhaps would not have been paid to them now. No. 174. (a) Livii Hist Dec. 1. Lib. ii. c. 32. No. 175. (b) In the year 1709 the Button-makers presented a petition to Parliament, the nature and contents of which may be learnt from an Act passed in consequence of it: the preamble of which sets forth, that " Whereas the maintenance and subsistance of many thousands of men, women, and children, within this kingdom of Great Britain depends upon making of silk, mohair, gimp, and thread buttons and button-holes with the needle, &c.-And a late and unforeseen practice of making and binding button-holes with cloth, serge, &c. to the utter ruin of numerous families, &c." See the Statutes passed in the 8th year of Queen Anne, 1709. P. No. 176. (a)" The Commonwealth of Oceana,” first published in 1656, fol.-A famous political romance, wherein the author exhibits a complete model of republican government, and opposes it to every other form of civil policy. P. No. 177. (a) Prov. c. 19. v. 17. (b) Brown's Rel. Medici, P. 11. §. 13. No. 179. (a) See No. 173. No. 180. (a) Signed Sept. 20. N. S. 1696, at the palace of Reswick, situate midway between Delft and the Hague. This was a peace with France on the parts of Spain, England, Holland, and the Empire, &c. (b) The kingdom of Spain, seized by Louis XIV. in 1701, for his grandson, as left him by the will of Charles II. which the enemies of France looked upon as forged, or made when Charles was non compos. (c) This letter was written by Mr. Henry Martin, and transcribed by Steele from the Letter-box. (a) See No. 120, 121. No. 181. (6) Marquard Freher was a celebrated lawyer of the 16th century, who obliged the world with many curious and learned works, and among the rest with Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores-a Carolo Magno ad Fredericum III. 3 Tom 1600, &c. In this work he has inserted an old monastic chronicle, which contains the following tale. Vid. Tom. 1. Chronicon Laurishamensis Coenobii sub anno 805. (e) This Lady had been betrothed to the Grecian Emperor. (d) Mons. Bayle, who has inserted the foregoing story in his Dictionary [Art Eginhart,] whence perhaps Addison had it, thinks that with a little embellishment it might be made one of the pleasantest tales in the world, particularly in the hands of such a writer as La Fontaine. The frontispiece might afford a striking parrallel between the effects of love and the effects of piety, between Eneas loaded with his father, and Imma bending under her gallant. The good Emperor beholding her at a distance (as he was star-gazing) would not be the least interesting figure in the piece, especially if the engraver did but enter into the reflection of a careful father on such an occasion. No. 183. (a) Judges Chap. ix. 8.-15. (d) Lord Shaftesbury wrote a desertation on this subject, which did not appear in English till after his death,in the last edition of his works. It was published in the Dutch edition of the Journal des Scavans, Nov. 1712, p. 483, and translated by Mr. Coste, under the title of "The Judgment of Hercu les," or a Dissertation on a Painting, the design of which is taken from the History of Prodicus, which we find in Xertophon's " Memorabilia Socratis." Lib. II. No. 186. (a) See the motto to No. 112. Vol. I. (b) Xenop. Cyrop. Lib. 8. p. 509. |