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Holland, Belgium, and France.

[296] Colonies. In the reign of Charles II., the English colonies were
governed by a committee (of the Privy Council) known as the "Council of
Plantations."

[297] The east side.

[298] On the west side.

[299] See map of England for all these places. Feversham is in Kent,
forty-five miles southeast of London; Margate is on the Isle of Thanet,
eighty miles southeast.

[300] Commission merchants.

[301] Privateers. _Capers_ is a Dutch word.

[302] Supply "he."

[303] Supply "the coals."

[304] "One another," by a confusion of constructions, has been used here
for "them."

[305] By a statute of Charles II. a chaldron was fixed at 36 coal
bushels. In the United States, it is generally 261/4 hundredweight.

[306] Opening.

[307] "To seek," i.e., without judgment or knowledge.

[308] Mixing.

[309] Him.

[310] This unwary conduct.

[311] Think.

[312] Were.

[313] Accept.

[314] Personal chattels that had occasioned the death of a human being,
and were therefore given to God (_Deo_, "to God"; _dandum_, "a thing
given"); i.e., forfeited to the King, and by him distributed in alms.
This curious law of deodands was not abolished in England until 1846.

[315] The southern coast of the Mediterranean, from Egypt to the
Atlantic.

[316] Censure.

[317] Afterward.

[318] "Physic garden," i.e., a garden for growing medicinal herbs.

[319] Since.

[320] Lord mayor of London, 1679-80, and for many years member of
Parliament for the city.

[321] The workmen.

[322] Recognized.

[323] Fenced.

[324] Members of the Society of Friends, a religious organization
founded by George Fox about 1650. William Penn was one of the early
members. The society condemns a paid ministry, the taking of oaths, and
the making of war.

[325] See p. 105, next to the last paragraph.

[326] Die. "Of the plague" should immediately follow "died."

[327] See Note 3, p. 26.
{Transcriber's note: the reference is to footnote 26.}

[328] The act of indemnity passed at the restoration of Charles II.
(1660). In spite of the King's promise of justice, the Parliamentarians
were largely despoiled of their property, and ten of those concerned in
the execution of Charles I. were put to death.

[329] Family and personal peace.

[330] The Established Church of England, nearly all of whose ministers
were Royalists. The Presbyterians were nearly all Republicans.

[331] The dissenting minister