Clink

A prison in the Liberty of the Clink, in South wark, on the bank of the Thames, spoken of by Stow as “a Gayle or prison for the trespa ers in those parts, Namely in olde time for such as should brabble, frey, or breake the Peace on the saide banke, or in the Brothell houses, they were by the inhabitants there about apprehended, and committed to this Gayle, where they were straightly imprisoned.” (2. 53, 55.) Cnidos. Eleg. 1. 83. (See also Paphos.) A city of Caria famed for its temple of Venus. For example, Horace writes of Venus: quae Cnidon Fulgent is que tenet Cycladas, et Paphon lunctis visit oloribus. {Odes 3. 28. 13-15.) 101