Commodus, medal of, 399. Nature of the allusion, 400. Represented
on a medal, fencing, 441.

Concord, device of, on ancient medals, 361. Illustrated from Seneca
and Statius, 362.

Congreve, praised, 33.

Constantine, Emperor, the sign that appeared to him in the heavens,
401. A coin of his explained, 380.

Cornu-copiæ, emblematical of concord, 361. And of peace, 362.
Corona radiata, a type of divinity, 413.

Coronis, the story of, 130.

Cotes, Mr. Digby, his verses to the author of Cato, 207.

Courage, esteemed by the ancients the perfection of virtue, 361.
Cowley, his poetical character, 30. His propensity to allegory and
pun, 184.

Crack, an unpoetical word, 110, note.

Craggs, Mr. his character, by Mr. Pope, 338.

Cranes, battle of, with the pygmies, a Latin poem, 317.

Creticus, rallied by Juvenal on the thinness of his dress, 365.

Cross, medal of, in allusion to the battle of Constantine with

Maxentius, 401.

Curtius, his statue crowned with an oaken garland, 389.

Cybele, mother of the gods, allusion to, 396.

Cyclops described, 48.

Cycnus transformed into a swan, 124.

Cynthio, a character in the dialogues on medals, 339.

D.

Daci, medal on Trajan's victory over them, 402.

Dacier's opinion respecting the vestis trabeata of the Romans, 347.
Dart, double-pointed, an emblem of the sun-beams, 414.

Dauphin edition, contains the best commentaries on Ovid, 174.

Decius, ambassador from Cæsar to Cato, 239.

Dedicatio Poematum, 307.

Deliberation, danger of, to woman, 273, note.

Denham's Cooper's Hill, praised, 32.

Dialogue, a favourite mode of writing among polite authors, ancient
and modern, 359.

Dialogues on Medals, 335. (See medals). Why never published by
the author, 435, note.

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Calisto, 127. Transforms her into
a bear, 128.

Distinguish, improper use of the word, 340, note.

Dolphins, transformation of mariners into, 160.

Domitian, Martial censured for ridiculing his memory, 405. His
tyranny, 409.

Donawert, march of Marlborough's army to, 58.

Dormer, his fall at Blenheim deplored, 61.

Dragons, of Africa, described by Lucan, 416.

Dryden, Mr. a panegyric on his translation from the Latin poets, 3.
Characterized as a poet, 32.

Dunciad, quotation from, 277, note.

Dunkirk, the motto of a medal on that town censured, 451.

E.

Earth, its sacred theory, by Dr. Burnett, a Latin poem on. 333.
Earth, how represented on medals, 399.

Echion, one of the surviving offspring of the dragon slain by Cadmus,
146.

Echo, a famous one, in Woodstock-park, allusion to, 73.

Echo, transformation of, 153. Reason of an omission in the story,
154, note.

Egypt, medallic representation of, 418.

Elephant, an emblem of Africa, 415.

Elinor, Queen, a character in the opera of Rosamond, 72. Poisons
Rosamond, 91.

Enceladus, buried under Etna, 46.

Eneid, third, translation of a story from, 46.

English poets, account of, 29.

Envy, personification of, 137.

Epilogue, to the British Enchanters, 108. To Cato, by Dr. Garth,
298.

Equity described on a medal, 371.

Eridanus, river, described, 37.

Essay on Virgil's Georgics, 188. When written, ib. note.

Eternity, represented in ancient medals with a globe and a phoenix on
it, 371. Expressed by the sun and moon, 377. By a figure sitting
on a globe of the heavens adorned with stars, 378.

Eugene, Prince, his interview and alliance with the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, 55.

Eugenius, a character in the dialogues on medals, 339.

Europa, rape of, 139. Notes on, 177.

Eusden, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 203.
Expletives, in poetry, rule respecting, 14, note.

F.

Fabius, called the buckler of Rome, 356.

Falls in tears, correction of the phrase, 234, note.

Faustinas, The, how distinguished from each other on medals, 350.
Felix, orthography of, in Roman inscriptions, 348.

Fidelity, a goddess of the Romans, described on a medal, 364. Em-

blem of, by two joined hands, 392.

Fear and Hope, Ovid's beautiful similitude of, 366.

France, described on a medal, 422.

Fortune, translation of Horace's ode to her, 368.

Frankincense, an emblem of Arabia, 432.

Fruitfulness, an emblem of it on a medal, 396.

G.

Garth, Dr. his epilogue to the tragedy of Cato, 298.

Gaul, defiance of her arts and arms, 43. Aaggrandizement of, prior
to the Duke of Marlborough's campaign, 53.

George I. verses to Sir Godfrey Kneller on his picture of that king,
291.

Georgic, Virgil's fourth, a translation of, 15.

Georgics, of Virgil, essay on, 188. Definition of, 189. Character
of the several books, 194, 196. Compared with the Eneid, 197.
Globe, an emblem of eternity, 372, 378.

Glory, the attendant of virtue, 361.

Good-will, an emblem of it on a medal, 392.

Graces, why represented naked, and knit together in a dance, 355.
Greek priest, story of a, buying pictures, 452.

Grideline, a character in the opera of Rosamond, 76.

Gustavus Adolphus, inscription from a medal of, 445. Chronogram
of, on a medal, 448.

H.

Halifax, Lord, letter to, from Italy, 35.-

Hands, two, joined, emblems of fidelity, 392. Giving of, expresses
good will, ib.

Hannes, D.D. ad, insignissimum medicum et poetam, 328.

Happiness represented on a medal by a ship under sail, 383.

Heliogabalus, a medal of his, explained, 364.

Henry II. a character in the opera of Rosamond, 72. 85. His vision,
97. His lamentation on the death of Rosamond, 101.

Hercules Farnese, represented on medals, 352.

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, story of, 166.

Hesiod, inferior to Virgil in his Georgics, 188. His character and
writings considered, 192. Plan and style of his work, 194. His
scale of the ages of animals, 375.

Hochstet, allusion to the battle of, 63.

Holland, peace with, English medal commemorating, 446.

Homer, a proficient in rhetoric before it was invented, 358. Excels

Virgil in heroic poetry, 188.

Honour, speech concerning, 252.

same coin with Virtue, 361.

Sometimes represented on the

Hoop, of marble, an emblem of time, 376.

Hope, why represented in a white garment, 365. Bears in her hand
a flower or blossom, 367.

Horace, ode III. book III. translated, 102. On the graces, 355. His
allusion to the horn of plenty, 363. Description of the fortitude of
a just man, 367. Allusion to a device of security in his ode to
fortune, 368. Keenness of his satire, 369. His metaphors to
express liberty, 351. And happiness, 383. Ridicules the compa-
rison of great men to the sun, 401.

Horn, the fittest emblem of plenty, 355. Two, express extraordinary
plenty, 390..

Horse, an emblem of the warlike genius of the Moors, 420.

Howsoever, a word exploded from verse, 109, note.

Hughes, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 201.

Ibis, the Egyptian bird, 419.

I.

Immortality of the soul, Cato's soliloquy on it, 287.

Innocent XI. his coin to represent the danger of the church, 451.
Pasquinade on the same subject, ib.

Inscriptions on ancient and modern coins considered, 444.

Instita, a part of the Roman dress, 346.
Isis, a deity of the Egyptians, 418.

Italian version of the letter to Lord Halifax, 33.
Italy, described on a medal, 428.

J.

January, Hesiod's description of that month, 194.
Janus, temple of, from Virgil, 403.

Jefferys, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 208.

Jews, lamenting their captivity, how described by the Psalmist, 429.
Job, the book of, allusion to, 61, note.

Jourdain, Mons. had talked prose all his life without knowing what it
was, 338.

Juba, prince of Numidia (in Cato) 224, 244, 248, 274, 281, 292.
Judea, represented in captivity on the coins of Vespasian, 428.
Julia, wife of Septimius Severus, medal in compliment to, 396.
Juno, jealous of Calisto turns her into a bear, 128. Transforms herself
into an old nurse to ensnare Semele, 151. Her petition to Jupiter
respecting Latium, 394.

Jupiter, strikes Phaeton from the chariot of Phoebus with his thunder,
122. Violates Calisto, 127. Transformed into a bull, carries
away Europa, 140. Enjoys Semele in a storm, 152. His reply to
Juno's petition respecting Latium, 395.

Juvenal, his humorous definition of medals, 343. His allusion to
parsley as an emblem of victory, 426.

K.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, verses to, on his picture of the king, 302.

L.

Labarum, a Roman military ensign described, 401, 402.
Lain and laid, distinction of those participles, 172, note.
Lamentation in poetry, remark of a great critic respecting, 186.
Lampetia, sister of Phaeton transformed into a tree, 123.

Landau surrenders to the allies, 64.

Lansdown, Lord, epilogue to his dramatic poem of the British En-
chanters, 108.

Laomedon, a reflection on his falsehood and tyranny, 110.

Latin poems, of Mr. Addison, 305.

Lauderdale, Lord, a passage from his translation of Virgil's 4th
eclogue, 377.

Laurel, an ornament of victory, 379.

Le Brun, studied the figures on old coins, 344.

Legends, on medals examined, 444, &c.

Letter from Italy to Lord Halifax, 35.

Liberty, apostrophe to, 41. How represented by medalists and
poets, 381.

Libra, the reigning constellation of Rome and Italy, 387.

Lion, an emblem of Africa, 417.

Liriope, the Nereid, ravished by Cephisus, 153.

Little, use of its two comparatives, less and lesser, 7, note.

Livia, how represented on medals, 350.
Louis XIV. his ambition and cruelty, 12.

Humbled by the Duke of

Marlborough, 64. Medallic history of, criticised, 449.

Lucan, his allusion to the olive as a token of peace, 363. His descrip-
tion of Egypt, 418. Represents Italy addressing Julius Cæsar,
428. His account of the Parthians, 430. His style not that of
poetry but of declamation, 434, note.

Lucia, daughter of Cato, 230, 231, 259, 272, 275, 290.

Lucius, a senator, (in Cato) 236, 242, 279, 291.

Lucius Verus, a medal of his victory over the Parthians, 404.

Lucretius, motto from, on the dialogues on medals, 335. His meta-
phor of the sun-beams, 414.

Lybia turned to a waste of sand by the misconduct of Phaëton, 120.

M.

Machinæ gesticulantes, anglicè a puppet show, poema, 330.

Madon, transformed into a dolphin, 163.

Magazine of Roman antiquities proposed, 347.

Manilius, his allusion to Libra, the reigning constellation of Rome,
387. His description of Africa, 415.

Marcia, daughter of Cato, 230, 231, 272, 275, 290.

Marcus Aurelius, equestrian statue of, copied on ancient medals, 352.
Explanation of three of his coins, 407, 410.

Marcus, son of Cato, 215, 257, 264.

Mariners, transformed into dolphins, 160.

Marlborough, the Duke of, poem of the Campaign in honour of him,
51. His arrival at the Moselle, 54. Progress of his arms, 55. His
alliance with Prince Eugene, ib. Besieges Schellenberg, 56. His
victory at Blenheim, 60. Returns to the Netherlands, 64.
Marlborough, Duchess of, opera of Rosamond inscribed to her, 67.
Martial ridicules the study of architecture, 354. His attribute of
glory, 361. His allusion to the Cap of Liberty, 381. His descrip-
tion of the cap of the Parthians, 405. His satirical reflection on
Domitian censured. ib. Celebrates the fertility of Spain, 421. ...
Mary (King William's queen) her death lamented, 14.
Mauritania, described on a medal, 420.

Medalists, ridiculed, 340.

Medallions, how distinguished from medals, 440.

Medals, ancient, dialogues on their usefulness, 335. The subject re-
commended, 341. Mode of estimating them, not by their intrinsic
value but by their erudition, 342. Their uses, 343. To history-
painters, 344. Struck in honour of victory at the Olympic games,
345. The various interesting subjects they illustrate, 348. Their
comprehensive brevity, ib. Develope the annals of an emperor's
reign, 349. Shew the progress of ancient architecture, 350. Vari-
ous kinds of rust observable on them, 351. The most beautiful
ancient statues represented on them, 352. Analogy of their re-
presentations with those of poetry, 358. Representation of Virtue
360. Honour, 361. Concord, ib. Peace, 362. Fidelity, 364.
Hope, 365. Chastity, 369. Piety, 370. Equity, 371. Eternity,
ib. Time, 376. Other representations of Eternity, 377. Of Vic-