FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 108: 'Philistines:' the Cromwellians, &c.]
[Footnote 109: 'Younger lion:' Charles II.]
[Footnote 110: 'Priestly calves,' &c.: this alludes to the Commons voting in 1641 that all deans, chapters, &c. should be abolished.]
[Footnote 111: 'The Test:' the Test Act, passed in 1672, enjoined the abjuration of the real presence in the sacrament.]
[Footnote 112: 'Piles, &c.:' the Roman arms—pili and eagles.]
[Footnote 113: 'Curtana:' the name of King Edward the Confessor's sword, without a point, an emblem of mercy, and carried before the king at the coronation.]
[Footnote 114: 'Not rent by schism:' marks of the Catholic Church from the Nicene creed.]
[Footnote 115: 'Paillards:' a French word for licentious persons.]
[Footnote 116: 'Sell all of Christian,' &c.: it is said that the Dutch, in order to secure to themselves the whole trade of Japan, trample on the cross, and deny the name of Jesus.]
[Footnote 117: 'Feed your famine:' the renunciation of the Benedictines to the abbey lands.]