John Dryden (1631–1700). The Poems of John Dryden. 1913.
Key to Both Parts of Absalom and Achitophel(From Vol. II. of MISCELLANY POEMS, edition of 1716.)
| Abethdin | Lord Chancellor. | |
| Abdael | Duke of Albemarle. | |
| Absalom | Duke of Monmouth. | |
| Achitophel | Lord Shaftesbury. | |
| Adriel | Earl of Mulgrave. | |
| Agag | Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. | |
| Amiel | Mr. Seymour, Speaker. | |
| Amrl | Lord Chancellor Finch. | |
| Annabel | Duchess of Monmouth. | |
| Arod | Sir W. Waller. | |
| Asaph | Mr. Dryden. | |
| Balaam | Earl of Huntingdon. | |
| Balak | Burnet. | |
| Barzillai | Duke of Ormond. | |
| Bathsheba | Duchess of Portsmouth. | |
| Benaiah | General Sackville. | |
| Ben Jochanan | Johnson. | |
| Bezaliel | Duke of Beaufort. | |
| Caleb | Lord Grey. | |
| Corah | Dr. Oates. | |
| David | King Charles II. | |
| Doeg | Settle. | |
| Egypt | France. | |
| Eliab | Earl of Arlington. | |
| Ethnic Plot | Popish Plot. | |
| Hebrew Priests | Church of England Ministers. | |
| Hebron | Scotland. | |
| Helon | Lord Feversham. | |
| Hushai | Earl of Rochester, Hyde. | |
| Ishbosheth | Richard Cromwell. | |
| Ishban | Sir R. Clayton. | |
| Israel | England. | |
| Issachar | T. Thin, Esq. | |
| Jebusites | Papists. | |
| Jerusalem | London. | |
| Jonas | Sir W. Jones. | |
| Jotham | Marquis of Halifax. | |
| Jothran | Lord Dartmouth. | |
| Judas | Ferguson | |
| Mephibosheth | Pordage. | |
| Michal | Queen Katharine. | |
| Nadab | Lord Howard of Escrick. | |
| Og | Shadwell. | |
| Othniel | Duke of Grafton. | |
| Pharaoh | French King. | |
| Phaleg | Forbes. | |
| Rabshakeh | Sir Thomas Player. | |
| Sagan of Jerusalem | Bishop of London. | |
| Sanhedrim | Parliament. | |
| Saul | Oliver. | |
| Sheva | Sir R. L’Estrange. | |
| Shimei | Sheriff Bethel. | |
| Solymean Rout | London Rebels. | |
| Tyre | Holland. | |
| Uzza | J. H. | |
| Western Dome | Dolben. | |
| Zadoch | Archbishop Sancroft. | |
| Zaken | Parliament-man. | |
| Ziloah | Sir J. Moor. | |
| Zimrl | Duke of Buckingham. |