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. |