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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.
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 ministers.
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: thêriakos], "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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