8. _Corselet._ A breastplate and backpiece forming a protection for the upper part of the body. _Sword of Damascus._ Damascus in Syria is one of the oldest cities in the world. The swords made here were once famous not only for their remarkably fine temper, but for the artistic figures and mystic characters wrought in the blade. The secret of their make is now largely a lost art. 1-20. Miles Standish was at this time about thirty-six years of age, though the description seems to make him older. He had evidently left England for the Netherlands to fight with the Dutch against Spain. In Holland he had met his compatriots, the Puritans, cast his fortunes with them, and embarked as one of their number for the New World. John Alden, at this time about twenty-one, had joined the Pilgrims when their vessel touched at the port of Southampton. 19. “While yet an abbot, Gregory’s interest had been awakened by the fair faces and flaxen hair of a group of Saxon youths exposed for sale in the slave-market at Rome. ‘Who are they?’ he asked. ‘Angles,’ was the reply. ‘It suits them well,’ he said; ‘with faces so angel-like.’” (_Painter, History of English Literature._) 20. _The Mayflower._ The name of the vessel that carried the Pilgrims to America. 28. _Arcabucero._ A Spanish word, originally meaning archer, now generally equivalent to musketeer. 22-33. The pictures given of their personal appearance is completed and reinforced by the first words the two men speak. Compare the character indications of 25-30 and 32, 33. 52. _Sagamore_, _sachem_. These words are the titles of Indian chiefs, the former being a subordinate, the latter a principal chief. _Pow-wow_, an Indian medicine-man. 53. Indian names. 61. _Rose Standish._ “In Young’s _Chronicles of the Pilgrims_, Boston, 1841, is a note thus: ‘Jan. 29, dies Rose, the wife of Captain Standish.’ In William Bradford’s _History of Plymouth Plantation_ is recorded: ‘Captain Standish his wife dyed in the first sickness, and he maried againe and hath 4 sones lieving, and some are dead.’” Cited by _Malfroy_. 69. _Barriffe’s Artillery Guide._ An early work on military tactics, written by a Puritan, William Barriffe. 83. The Mayflower started on her return voyage, April 5, 1621. 85. _Priscilla_. “Mr. Molines [Mullen] and his wife, his sone and his servant dyed the first winter. Only his dougter Priscilla survived, and maried with John Alden.” (Bradford’s _History of Plymouth Plantation_.) 100. _Iberian._ Iberia, Spain. This was, however, an Alpine village. As Cæsar and his companions were passing through the place, they were struck with its poverty and wretchedness. Some one mockingly asked whether there were any canvassing for offices there. To this Cæsar replied: “For my part, I would rather be the first among these fellows than the second man in Rome.” The account is given in Plutarch’s _Life of Caesar_.