1. Last lines of _King Henry IV._ Part II., and Steevens's note.

2. The "pious lie" of Mahomet's pigeon. See Gibbon, _Decline and Fall_,

chap. 1. Marg. lemma--"His character," the note beginning--"The

Christians, rashly enough," &c. And--"Life of Mahomet" [_Library of

Useful Knowledge_] note on p. 19. For line from--_Dunciad_--[a slovenly

reference] see book iv. 358.

3. From the Greek? See Potter's _Gr. Antiquities_, book ii. chap.

xv.--or Robinson's _Antiq. Greece_, book iii. chap. xv. _ad init._ as

both refer to _Aristoph. Aves._ [600. 601. Bekker.]