[312] 3. =Apuleius's Golden Ass.= Apuleius was a Roman satirist who lived in the first half of the second century. His most celebrated work was _Metamorphoses, or the Golden Ass_, a satirical romance to ridicule Christianity. [313] 4. =Calender's horse of brass.= See the story in the _Arabian Nights_. [314] 6. =Islam's prophet on Al-Borák.= Mohammed was believed to make his journeys between heaven and earth upon a creature, which some say was a camel, named Al-Borák. (The word signifies lightning.) [315] 26. =Bacchus=; the god of wine and revelry. A Bacchanalian revel was a common subject for decorations. [316] 30. =Mænads=; women who attended Bacchus, the god of wine, waving, as they danced and sang, the thyrsus, a wand entwined with ivy and surmounted by a pine cone. [317] 35. =Chaleur Bay=; an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between Gaspé and New Brunswick. It is a great resort for mackerel fishing. BARCLAY OF URY (Page 222) "Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of the Friends in Scotland was Barclay of Ury, an old and distinguished soldier, who had fought under Gustavus Adolphus, in Germany. As a Quaker, he became the object of persecution and abuse at the hands of the magistrates and populace. None bore the indignities of the mob with greater patience and nobleness of soul than this once proud gentleman and soldier. One of his friends, on an occasion of uncommon rudeness, lamented that he should be treated so harshly in his old age who had been so honored before. 'I find more satisfaction,' said Barclay, 'as well as honor, in being thus insulted for my religious principles, than when, a few years ago, it was usual for the magistrates, as I passed the city of Aberdeen, to meet me on the road and conduct me to public entertainment in their hall, and then escort me out again, to gain my favor.'"--WHITTIER. [318] 1. =Aberdeen=; a city in northeastern Scotland. [319] 2. =Kirk=; the Scotch word for church. [320] 3. =Laird=; lord. [321] 10. =Carlin=; Scotch word for old woman. [322] 35. =Lützen=; a town in Saxony, province of Prussia. [323] 56. =Tilly.= "The barbarities of Count de Tilly after the siege of Magdeburg made such an impression upon our forefathers that the phrase 'like old Tilly' is still heard sometimes in New England of any piece of special ferocity."--WHITTIER. [324] 57. =Walloon=; from certain provinces of Belgium. [325] 81. =Snooded.= The snood was a band which a Scottish maiden wore in her hair as a sign of her maidenhood. [326] 99. =Tolbooth=; a name commonly applied to a Scottish prison. [327] 117. =Fallow=; ploughed but unsown land. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Page 226)