s.

[332] The Churchmen.

[333] Of.

[334] What we should call an assistant minister is still called a curate
in the Church of England.

[335] "I had not said this," etc., i.e., I would not have said this, but
would rather have chosen, etc.

[336] See Rev. vi. 8.

[337] Moved away (into the country).

[338] The duties of headboroughs differed little from those of the
constables. The title is now obsolete.

[339] Count.

[340] "Must." In this sense common in Chaucer. The past tense, "should,"
retains something of this force. Compare the German _sollen_.

[341] Otherwise known as _theriac_ (from the Greek [Greek: theriakos],
"pertaining to a wild beast," since it was supposed to be an antidote
for poisonous bites). This medicine was compounded of sixty or seventy
drugs, and was mixed with honey.

[342] Supply "died."

[343] Supply "of."

[344] Substitute "which."

[345] Those.

[346] A corruption of "benzoin," a resinous juice obtained from a tree
that flourishes in Siam and the Malay Archipelago. When heated, it gives
off a pleasant odor. It is one of the ingredients used in court-plaster.

[347] This word should be omitted.

[348] The "press gang" was a naval detachment under the command of an
officer, empowered to seize men and carry them off for service on
men-of-war.

[349] Off Lowestoft, in 1665. Though the Dutch were beaten, they made
good their retreat, and heavily defeated the English the next year in
the battle of The Downs.

[350] See Ps. lx. 11; cviii. 12.

[351] Were.

[352] See Exod. xiv., xv., and xvi. 1-3.

[353] "H.F." is of course fictitious.

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