The Roman goddess Fortuna was often pictured turning a large wheel (like a Ferris wheel) at random so that the fates of people riding on the wheel changed indiscriminately. The Cromwells were successful and rose to the top of society, only to have their situation reversed when the Protectorate ended.

Sic. “Restitution.”

Another term for satire, based on the tradition that in Rome, people posted anonymous criticisms on a crumbling statue dating back to the classical period which they referred to as Pasquin or Pasquil, named for a tailor whose shop had been nearby.

Rash or eruption on the skin.

Italian for “grandeur.”

Charles Fleetwood and John Desborough (or Disbrowe) were army officers who played powerful roles toward the end of the Protectorate under Richard Cromwell, Elizabeth and Oliver Cromwell’s son, who succeeded his father.

Legal terminology: “A Law grows antiquated by disuser when . . . the Government drops the Execution of it” (OED).

The metaphor here is of tuning a stringed instrument, raising it to a higher pitch by turning a tuning “pin” or peg.

Elizabeth and Oliver Cromwell’s son Henry was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, although he resigned in 1659.

“Frequently ironic or humorous. Any grand or powerful person, council, authority, etc.” Derived from Dutch (OED).

A false etymology linking the English word “satire” to the wild woodland satyrs of Greek mythology led to a tradition in England that imagined the speakers of satiric works as satyrs. For this history, see Zimbardo (1998), pp. 61-64.

I.e., “interestedly,” meaning “with interest or concern” (OED).

Since Oliver Cromwell himself had died in 1658, only his family remains as objects for punishment.

Knoppers (2011) notes that 1664 fell during “the brief period between the fall of the Protectorate under Richard Cromwell and the return of Charles II.” In this context, she sees the goals of the publication as “correction, retribution, and entertainment” (p. 121). The author here tries to convince readers that despite the fall of the protectorate, Elizabeth Cromwell is clinging to her inappropriate status and needs to be taken down by works such as this.

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Here is another way we could do footnotes (though the footnotes lose the side by side and have to be one on top of the other. Again, just takes a little organization within the latin/English as the file is being prepped.

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