Note 6 — Chapter XIX · FREETHOUGHT IN THE REMAINING EUROPEAN STATES
Reading edition
This is the basis of Pope’s reference to “illustrious Passeran” in his Epilogue to the Satires, 1738, ii, 124. The Rev. J. Bramstone’s satire, The Man of Taste (1733), spells the name “Pasaran,” whence may be inferred the extent of the satirist’s knowledge of his topic. ↑