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Note XL. 

 On Tintaw-top, $c. It is a riddle, and stuffed with varieties. 



P. 257. 



The rhymes which our author has taken the pains to preserve, 

 are no riddle, but a puzzle, which children amuse themselves by re- 

 citing very fast a forfeit being imposed for every blunder, which, 

 in so many words of concurring sound, it is not easy to avoid. A 

 wit of our own day has, however, made the Kist on Tintaw-Tap the 

 subject of a humorous and burlesque ballad. 



Note XLI. 

 Belgrade. P. 261. 

 Read Belford. The first stage south of Berwick. 



Note XLII. 



I lived in the reign of Jive kings, and in the time of four great wor- 

 thies.?. 286. 



The five kings must have been James I., Charles I., Charles II., 

 James II., William III. The worthies, though only the initial let- 

 ter of each name is given, are Oliver Cromwell, Lord Russell, Al- 

 gernon Sydney, and Alderman Cornish. 



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