Noses, to hear with, 395 and n. 3.
Numbers, said to exist by themselves, 27, n. 1; supposed mystical charms in, 27, n. 2; ridicule of the poetical way of expressing, 77, n. 2.
Nuncheon, or luncheon, 18 and n. 3.
Nye, Philip, an Independent preacher, 353 and n. 2; particulars respecting, 429 and n. 5.
Oaths, on the use of, by the Romans, 57, n. 2; required to be taken by the clergy, 68, n. 1; are but words, 176 and n. 1; on the breaking of, 177 and n. 3; 178, n. 1; 188 and n. 2; 214 and n. 1; ex-officio, 185 and n. 3.
Obs and Sollers, 377 and n. 2.
Ockham, William, 10, n. 4.
Œstrum, 62; signification of the word, 62, n. 1.
Ombre, a game at cards, 304 and n. 3.
Omens, 241, n. 4.
One of us, 312 and n. 2.
Outgoings, a cant term, 347 and n. 3.
Out loiter and out sit, 363 and n. 3.
Opera, anti-christian, 203 and n 1.
Oppugne, 99 and n. 2.
Orange-tawny beard, 205 and n. 3.
Orcades, the, 354 and n. 2.
Ordeal, trial by, 270 and n. 3.
Ordinance, the Self-denying, 78, n. 3; 87, n. 5; 357 and n. 3.
Orpheus, 227, 373.
Orsin, the bearward, character of, 48 and n. 2; 53; alluded to, 92, 94, 95, 107, 109.
Otway, his Tragedy of Constantine the Great, Life, ix.
Outgoings and workings-out, cant terms, 317, n. 3.
Ovation, 201 and n. 4.
Ovid's Metamorphoses, alluded to, 130, n. 1, 2.
Owen, Dr, letter of, 123, n. 3; an eminent Presbyterian divine, 353 and n. 2.
Owl, a bird of ill omen, 241 and n. 5; the emblem of wisdom, 245 and n. 5.
Padder's face, 365, 386 and n. 1.
Pages, chastisement of, 189, n. 3.
Palmistry, skill in, 260 and n. 6.
Papacy and Presbytery, 126 and n. 3.
Paper-lanthorn, penance in a, 168 and n. 1.
Papists, report respecting the, 347, n. 4.
Paracelsus, 224; doctrines of, 224 and n. 1; his small devil, 237, n. 3; 238, n. 1.
Paradise, the seat of, 11 and n. 1; birds of, 229 and n. 1.
Paris Gardens, Southwark, 49 and n. 2.
Parliament, drew up petitions to itself, 66; satire upon the, 80 and n. 2; its arbitrary proceeding, 81, n. 4; public thanksgivings offered by the, 87, n. 1; charges against the, 186, n. 4; taxes levied by, 360 and n. 4.
Parricide, punishment of, 33, n. 4.
Parthians, 429 and n. 4.
Pasiphaë, her amour with a bull, 150, n. 3.
Patches, black, custom of wearing, 158, n. 6.
Patrick, Dr, afterwards Bishop of Ely, Life, xiii.
Peas, called green bastings, 263, n. 3.
Peccadillos, wooden, 319 and n. 2.
Peers, obligations of, 181 and n. 1; honour of, 189, n. 1.
Pendulum, its vibration, 255 and n. 1.
Pennington, Alderman, 7, n. 1.
Penny for your thoughts, 212 and n. 2.
Penthesile, the Amazonian dame, 57 and n. 1.
Pepys' Diary, extracts from, 304 and n. 3; 392, n. 2
