Pride and Hughson, 377 and n. 4.
Prideaux, Ed., Advocate, 415, n. 2.
Prior, compared to Butler, Life, xix.
Priscian's head, 181 and n. 5; 182, n. 1.
Prisoners, Roman, chained to their gaolers, 288 and n. 2; sham examinations of, 365, n. 4.
Profligate, 109 and n. 2.
Proletarii, or low class of Roman people, 32, n. 4.
Promethean powder, 107 and n. 1.
Prophecies, fulfilling of the, 338 and n. 2.
Proserpine, 283.
Protestation, the, or solemn vow, 34; 63 and n. 1; 178 and n. 2
Providence, revolts of, 383 and n. 2.
Prynne. alluded to, 30. n. 1; 263, n. 2; 325, n. 2; 329, n. 1; his Histrio-mastix, 35, n. 6; sentenced to lose his ears, 91, n. 3; 366, n. 3.
Psalms, reading a verse from the, 271 and n. 1; alluded to, 341 and n. 1, 2.
Public Faith, 180 and n. 3, 4.
Pug-Robin, 317 and n. 2.
Puisne Judge, 415, n. 3.
Pull a crow, 193 and n. 2.
Pullen, 214 and n. 5.
Pulpit, news told in the, 405 and n. 2.
Punese, 284 and n. 1.
Puppet-shows, subjects of, 27 n. 4.
Puppies, remarkable, 138 and n. 4.
Purchas's Pilgrims, 48, n. 3, 4.
Puritans, custom of the, 3, n. 6; their doctrines, 79, n. 6.
Purses, mode of wearing, 70, n. 3.
Purtenance, 97 and n. 1.
Pygmalion, cut his mistress out of stone, 97 and n. 3.
Pym, John, 63, n. 4; 422, n. 4.
Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, cured his courtiers with a kick, 144 and n. 2.
Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, music said to be invented by, 11, n. 4; philosophy of, 27, n. 2; on the music of the spheres, 159, n. 1; alluded to, 239 and n. 1; the soul of, 291.
Quack story from Menckenius, 228, n. 4.
Quacks of Government, 341 and n. 6.
Quakers, will not swear, 181 and n. 4.
Quatenus oath, 184.
Querpo, 401; meaning of the word, n. 2.
Questions and commands, game of, 304 and n. 4, 6.
Quiblet or Quillet, 421, n. 4.
Quint, 387; meaning of the word, 387, n. 1.
Quirks and quillets, 421 and n. 4.
Rabbins, their writings, 184 and n. 2; of the Synod, 194, n. 3.
Rabelais, alluded to, 10, n. 2.
Races, in Italy, 393, n. 1.
Raise, a favourite expression, 191 and n. 2.
Ralpho, his profession, 22; his gifts, 23; his learning, 25; condemns bear-baiting, 35; compares them to Synods, 36; reconnoitres the rabble, 46; encounters Colon, 74; is dismounted by Magnano, 74; takes Crowdero prisoner, 77; his speech on giving quarter, 80; his second expedition with Hudibras, 101; is assailed by Orsin, 102; encounters Cerdon, 104: encourages Hudibras, 104; assists him to remount, 106; is thrown from his horse, 107; demands assistance of Hudibras, 110; is made captive along with Hudibras, 117; is placed in the stocks, 118; blames the Knight's rashness, 120; reviles Synods, 121; his abuse of human learning, 131; proves perjury a less sin than flagellation, 175; maintains that saints are privileged to commit
