Part I

. Canto 1. 285–6.

_De Vere._ By Robert Plumer Ward (1765–1846), published in 1827. It was supposed by some, though denied by the author, that De Vere was intended to represent Canning.

‘_We have heard_,’ _etc._ _2 Henry IV._, Act III. Sc. 2.

375. _Sir John Sylvester._ Sir John Silvester (1745–1822), Recorder of London.

‘_The thief_,’ _etc._ _Leviathan_,