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Nat. Biog., VI, 37-38; Wills's note; Coombe's Westminster Abbey, II, 36, and Fig. 12 in Plate 17. 286 NOTES 61 2 My Lord Rochester: John Wilmot (1647-1680), second Earl of Rochester, poet and man of fashion, whom Evelyn (24 Nov., 1670) calls "a very prophane wit," and of whom Pepys (17 Feb., 1669) thought it " to the King's everlasting shame to have so idle a rogue his companion," is perhaps best remembered for his epigram on Charles II : Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man... relies on ; He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. The best edition of Rochester's works is that in 2 vols., London, 1731- 1732 ; the best short sketch of his life is in the Diet. Nat. Biog. 61 2-3 Sir George Etherege : Sir George Etheredge (1635 ?-i6oi ?), English dramatist, wrote The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, 1664 ; She Would if She Could, 1668; The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter, 1676. The best account of his life is in the Diet. Nat. Biog.; the best edition of his works is that by A.
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