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Fop in Fashion
To act like a fool; to play the fool. (OED)
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Man of Wit.
with it: To play the wit; to make witty remarks. -To call (a person) a wit, attribute wit to. (All nonce-uses.) (OED)
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Man of Wit.
with it: To play the wit; to make witty remarks. -To call (a person) a wit, attribute wit to. (All nonce-uses.) (OED)
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When first I paid my Vows, (good Heaven forgive me) They were for Honour all;
A solemn promise made to God, or to any deity or saint, to perform some act, or make some gift or sacrifice, in return for some special favour. (OED)
- In this context he is stating that at first when he made his vow to God it was pure.
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Whigs
One of the two main political parties in England and Great Britian; Relates to the Exclusioners (1679) who were against James gaining the crown based off him being Roman Catholic (OED)
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pocky Doctors
Pocky: Full of or marked with pocks or pustules; pitted; spec. infected with the pox, usually syphilis. (OED) A doctor who dealt with the pocky diseases
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