Polyphemus and his cave described, 48, 49.

Polysyllables terminating in ess, their ill effect in our language, 340.
Pope, Mr. his prologue to Cato, 211. His verses occasioned by the
treatise on medals, 337. His character of Mr. Secretary Craggs,
338.

Popes, their medallic history, 451.

Portius, son of Cato, 215, 219, 257, 259, 264, 279, 288, 290.
Prætexta, a part of the dress of the Romans, 346.

Precepts, Virgil's agreeable mode of conveying them in his Georgics,

190.

Prologue, to the Tender Husband, 107. To Cato by Mr. Pope, 211.
Alteration in, to humour Mr. Addison's delicacy, 212, note.

Proper names, catalogues of, in Greek and Latin poems, judiciously
introduced, 182.

Prosopopoeia, an instance of in Ovid, the boldest of any in the old
poets, 177.

Protection, or defence, expressed by the same metaphor in the ancient
poets, 356.

Prudentius, his description of Avarice, 363. His fine description of
the statue of Victory, 380.

Prussia, the king of, a heavy gold medal in his collection, 438.
Pun, can neither be engraved nor translated, 421.

Puppet-show, Latin poem on a, 330.

Pygmaio-gerano-machia, poema, 317.

Q.

Queen Carolina, verses presented to her (when princess of Wales)

with the tragedy of Cato, 299.

Quotations, how to be chosen as legends for medals, 447.

R.

Rabbits, multitude of them in Spain, 421.

Raven, originally white, why changed to black, 130.

Raillery, avoided by the old Romans on their coins, 442.

Rape of Europa, 139, 177.

Raphael, his art of painting, 41. Thoroughly studied the figures on

old coins, 344.

Rehearse, a word to be banished from all poetry, 112, note.

Resurrectio delineata ad altare Col. Magd. Oxon. Poema, 322.
Reswic, a Latin poem on the peace concluded there, 309.

Rhine, dividing hostile nations, marks the change of war, 63.
Roman, character of a, defined, 223, note.

Roman Cæsars, the character ascribed to them on medals, 442.
Romans, (old) their habit, 394.

Rome, its antiquities and ruins described, 39. The symbols of her
divinity and power, 403. Its commonwealth represented by a
vessel in distress, 409. Figure of, on a medal, 424.

Romulus and Remus, medallion of, 396.

Rosamond, an opera, 67. Comic scenes in, entertaining, 74, note.
Copy of verses to the author, 69.

Roscommon, (lord) a poet and critic, 32.

Ross, Alexander, a commentator on Ovid, discovers in him the myste-
ries of the Christian religion, 173.

Rostrum, of a ship, represented on a medal, 387.

Rotunda, said to be the most valuable antiquity in Italy, 352.

Rust, various kinds of, observable on old coins, 351. Distinguished
by the flavour, 437.

Rubens, a collector of medals, 344.

Rudis or vindicta, the wand of Liberty, 381. Ceremony of its use,
382.

Ruff and collar-band, probable disputes of future antiquaries respect-
ing, 346.

Russel, Admiral, his bravery, 13.

Rhymes, of Addison, in general bad, 4, note.

S.

Sacheverell, Henry, a poem of Mr. Addison's inscribed to, 29.

Sagulum, a dress of the ancient Gauls, mentioned by Virgil, describ-
ed on a medal, 422.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, the story of, 166.

Salvini, the Abbot, his Italian translation of the letter from Italy to

Lord Halifax, 34.

Scales, on old coins, an emblem of justice, 387.

Scaliger, on the vestis trabeata of the Romans, 347.

Schellenberg, battle, celebrated, 56.

Scriptures, medallic legends taken from the, 451.

Scorpion, an emblem of Africa, 417.

Scythian winter-piece in the third Georgic of Virgil, 195.

Security, described on a medal, 367, 408.

Seleucus, founder of Antioch, his race born with an anchor marked
upon them, 431.

Semele, consumed in the embraces of Jupiter, 151.

Sempronius, a senator, (in Cato), 219, 221, 236, 242, 254, 266, 269,
270, 273.

Seneca, de beneficiis, inferior in illustration, to the device of gratitude
on a medal, 355. His invocation to concord from the Medea, 362.
His allegorical description of happiness, 384. His picture of the
Trojan matrons bewailing their captivity, 428.

Septimius Severus, medal in compliment to his wife Julia, 396.
Serpent, hyperbole in Ovid's description of one, 178.

Seven stars, an oversight of Ovid respecting, 176.

Sheep, the emblem of France, 422.

Shield, on an emperor's coin, designed as a compliment from the
senate, 356.

Ship under sail, an emblem of happiness, 383.

Ships of the ancients, generally under the guardianship of some
god, 385.

Shoulder-knot, a topic for profound disquisition among the learned in.
future ages, 346.

Sicily, described on a medal, 427.

Signifer, The, how described in one of the poets, 393.

Sigonius, on the vestis trabeata of the Romans, 347.

Silius Italicus, his description of virtue, 360.

Represents fidelity as
an old woman, 364. His description of the figure of a Triton on
the stem of a ship, 385. Description of a wreck, 386. His descrip-
tion of a warlike ceremony of the Romans, 407. Celebrates the
horsemanship of the Numidians, 420.

Sistrum, or timbrel of the Egyptians, 418.

Slaves, how they became citizens of Rome, 381.

Slavery, how represented on medals, 404.

Smyrna, medal representing, 431.

Snow-ball, allusion to the Greek epigram respecting a, 184.
Soliloquy of Cato, 287.

Somers, Sir John, the lord keeper, a poem to, with one on King
William, 7.

Soul, Cato's soliloquy on its immortality, 287.

Sowing, Virgil's precept on, explained, 196.

Spain, medallic representation of, 421. Abounds with rabbits, ib.
Why crowned with olive, ib.

Spence, Mr. projected a supplement to the Dialogues on Medals, 435.
Spenser characterized, 29, 30,

Sphæristerium, Poema, 326.

Sphinx, description of that monster, by Ausonius, 411.

Spintriæ of Tiberius, designs taken from, by Caraccio, 344.
Standard-bearer, Roman described, 393.

Statius, his character, 173. Description of Concord in his Epithala-
mion, 362. His address to Piety, 370.

Steele, Sir Richard, prologue to his comedy of the Tender Husband,
107. His verses on the tragedy of Cato, 201.

Stola, a part of the Roman dress, 346.

Stream, simile of a, why appropriate, 234, note.
Sun, the palace of the, described, from Ovid, 113.

Sun, used as an emblem on medals, 397, 399. Why represented by
the corona radiata, 413.

Surtout, &c. likely to occasion a learned treatise a thousand years
hence, 346.

Syphax, general of the Numidians (in Cato), 221, 248, 254, 270.
Syria, chronicle of the kings of, collected from medals, 348.

T.

Tallard, loses his son and is himself taken prisoner at Blenheim, 62.
Temple, Sir W. quotation from his version of Horace, 378.

Tender Husband, a comedy, prologue to, 107.

Theocritus, thought superior to Virgil in pastoral, 188.
Theodosius, celebrated by Claudian, 410.

Epithets applied to, ib.

Thunderbolt, a reverse of Augustus, 388.
Tiber, river, its classic celebrity, 37.
Tiberius, the Spintriæ of, furnished designs to Aretine, 344. A coin
of his explained, 402.

Tibullus, his allusion to the allegorical representation of peace, 362.
Tickell, Mr. his copy of verses on the opera of Rosamond, 69. His
verses on the tragedy of Cato, 205. An oversight in his edition of
the dialogues on medals noticed, 435, note.

Tillotson, his remark on King William's wound at the battle of Boyne,
10.

Timbrel of the Egyptians, 418.

Time, how represented on ancient medals, 376.
Tiresias, his sexual transformation, 152.

Titan, description of, in Claudian, 399.

Titanius ales, 373.

Titian, a painting of, story respecting, 452.

Titus, one of his medals explained, 428.
Toga, of the Romans, 346.

Trabea, a vestment of the Romans, 346.

Traerbach relieved by the British army, 64.

Trajan, an act of his tribuneship commemorated on coin, 349. Me-
dal on his victory over the Daci, 402. Represented as the deli-
verer of Rome, 409.

Treves relieved by the British army, 64.

Trident of Neptune, mystery of its three prongs, 355.

Triton, figure of a, common to ancient vessels, 385.

Trojans, remarks on their dress, 394.

Trowser, the old British, a subject for future antiquaries, 346.
Troy, Horace's ode upon Augustus's design to rebuild it, 109.
Trusty, Sir, a character in the opera of Rosamond, 76.
Tunica, of the Romans, 346.

U.

Ulme opens her gates to the Duke of Marlborough, 62.
Urganda, an enchantress, allusion to, 108.

Utica, scene of the tragedy of Cato, 214.

V.

Vaillant, Mons. produced a chronicle of the Kings of Syria from a
collection of medals, 348.

Varro, his rules of husbandry less pleasant than those of Virgil, 190.
Venus of Medicis, represented on medals, 352.

Verses, by Mr. Tickell to the author of Rosamond, 69. To the author
of Cato-by Sir Richard Steele, 201. By Mr. Hughes, ib. By
Dr. Young, 202. By Mr. Eusden, 203. By Mr. Tickell, 205. By
Mr. Digby Cotes, 207. Left with the printer by an unknown hand
(G. Jefferys, Esq.) 208. By Mr. Ambrose Philips, 209. To the
Princess of Wales with the tragedy of Cato, 299. To Sir Godfrey
Kneller on his picture of the King, 302. Occasioned by Mr. Addi-
son's treatise on medals, 337.

Vespasian, medal of the peace he procured the empire, 406. Coins
of his, representing the captivity of Judea, 428.
Vessel, old Roman, described, 384. In distress, an emblem of

the Roman commonwealth, 409.

Vestis trabeata, of the Romans, disputes of the learned, concerning,

346.

Victory, the attendant of Virtue, 361. Described on a medal, 379.
On a coin of Constantine, 380. Represented writing on a shield,
430. Represented by medalists and poets with wings, 379. Orna-

mented with palm and laurel, 379. Statue of, finely described by
Prudentius, 380.

Vienna, siege of, raised, curious inscription respecting, 444.
Vine, allusion to, by the Psalmist, 396.

Virga somnifera, a term applied to the Caduceus, 391.

Virgil, essay on his Georgics, 188. Superior to Hesiod, ib.
Agreeable mode of conveying his precepts, 190. Digression on
the battle of Pharsalia, 192. Represents Fidelity under the figure
of an old woman, 364. His description of military fury shut up
in the temple of Janus, 403. Describes the figure of Augustus

upon Æneas's shield, 413.

Virgilianism of Addison, in what consisting, 306.

Virtue, described on a medal, 361. With the modern Italians signifies

a knowledge of curiosities, ib.

Virtues, represented on medals, 360.

Vitruvius, his opinion on architecture, 354.

Vitta, part of the Roman dress, 346.

Vossius's head combed in dactyls and spondees, 354.

W.

Wales, Princess of, verses to, with the tragedy of Cato, 299.
Waller, characterized, 32.

Ward-robe, of old Roman vestments, proposed, 346.

Water-deities represented on medals, 409.

Whip, of the horses of the sun, represented on a medal, 414.

William III. (King) a poem to his majesty, 9.

Wit, mixed, disquisition respecting, 183, 184. Mr. Locke's account
of it, ib.

Woodstock-park, a famous echo in, 74.

Y.

Young, Dr. his verses to the author of Cato, 202.

Z.

Zenobia, the figure of, how recognised on medals, 350.
Zodiac, signs of, allusion to, 413.

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

J. M'CREERY, Printer,
Black-Horse-Court, London.