Waller, his poem of Saccharissa, 159, n. 3.
Waller, Sir William, defeat of, 62, n. 2; 405, n. 1.
Walnut-shell, tire spit out of a, 223 and n. 5.
Walton, Izaak, poem quoted, 84, n. 2.
War, civil, subverts the order of things, 240, n. 2; creating and making of, 360 and n. 3; the modern way of, 407 and n. 1.
Warburton, Bishop, 132, n. 2.
Warmestry, afterwards Dean of Worcester, Life, ii.
Warts, charmed away, 223 and n. 2.
Watches, pendulums to, 284 and n. 2.
Water, objects reflected in, 270 and n. 1.
Water-rat, 408 and n. 2.
Wedlock, without love, 147 and n. 3.
Welkin, 137 and n. 5.
Wesley, Samuel, lines by, Life, xv.
Westminster Abbey, monument to the memory of Butler in. Life, xiv.
Whachum, Sidrophel's zany, character of, 225 and n. 2; 227, 231, 232, 233, 253, n. 4; 254, 256, 258, 259.
Whale, 230; with legs, 230, n. 6.
Whetstones, 138; meaning of the term, 138, n. 2.
Whifflers, 198 and n. 3.
Whimsied chariots, 264, n. 4.
Whinyard, signifies a sword, 102, n. 3; 103.
Whipping, virtue's governess, 165 and n. 5.
Whipping-post, described, 83 and n. 2.
Whitehall, cabal at, 347, n. 2.
White-pot, 16.
White, Thomas, 172 and n. 4.
Whittington, legend of, 352 and n. 2.
Whore of Babylon, 127 and n. 2; 355 and n. 4.
Widgeon, or Pigeon, 14, n. 1.
Widow, the, beloved by Hudibras, 96; conjectures respecting, 96; is informed of the Knight's captivity, 139; sets out to visit him, 139; her conference with him, 142; recommends hanging, or drowning. 153; ridicules love-compliments, 157; eulogizes whipping, 165; releases Hudibras on terms, 169; is visited by Hudibras, 274; her interview with him, 275; exposes his falsehood, 283; ridicules matrimony, 287, 302; treats him with a masquerade of devils, 306; receives an epistle from the Knight, 424; her answer, 436.
Widows, Indian, burnt on the funeral piles of their husbands, 290 and n. 3.
Wight, Isle of, negotiation in the, 377, n. 5.
Wind, in hypocondres pent, 244 and n. 2.
Windore, or window, 50; 151 and n. 6; 188.
Wines, working of, 146 and n. 4.
Witches, said to ride upon broomsticks, 89, n. 4; 283 and n. 1; their prayers said backwards, 98 and n. 2; drawing blood of, 136 and n. 1; thrown in water, 154, n. 2; make pictures to destroy, 186, n. 3: of Lapland, sell bottled air, 187 and n. 3; persecution of, 215 and n. 5; execution of, 216 and n. 2; ghost of one, 282 and n. 1; crony, 309 and n. 3.
Wither, George, a party writer, 30, n. 1.
Withers, a puritanical officer, 217, n. 5.
Witnesses, winding up of, 188 and n. 1; hireling, 422, n. 2.
Wives, a dose of, 252 and n. 1.
Wizards, on consulting, 211 and n. 3.
Woman, piety and energy of, 203, n. 3.
Women, old, juries of, 286 and n.
