[Footnote 15: Dryden, in the Preface to his Fables, acknowledged that
Collier 'had, in many points, taxed him justly.']
[Footnote 16: Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax. Lord Halifax was born in
1661, and died in 1715. He was called 'Mouse Montagu.']
[Footnote 17: See Burke's 'Peerage.']
[Footnote 18: The Duchess of Marlborough received £10,000 by Mr.
Congreve's will.]