FOOTNOTES:

[76]

—to bear my wroath.; Misfortune.

[77]

—regreets; i.s., salutations.

[78]

I reason'd; Id est, I conversed.

[79]

—knapp'd ginger,; To knap is to break short. The word occurs in the common prayer—"He knappeth the spear in sunder."

[80]

turquoise; A precious stone found in the veins of the mountains on the confines of Persia to the east, subject to the Tartars. Many superstitious qualities were imputed to it, all of which were either monitory or preservative to the wearer.