[293] A city in northern Syria, better known as Iskanderoon or Alexandretta. The town was named in honor of Alexander the Great, the Turkish form of Alexander being Iskander.
[294] Though called a kingdom, Algarve was nothing but a province of Portugal. It is known now as Faro.
[295] The natives of Flanders, a mediæval countship now divided among Holland, Belgium, and France.
[296] Colonies. In the reign of Charles II., the English colonies were governed by a committee (of the Privy Council) known as the "Council of Plantations."
[297] The east side.
[298] On the west side.
[299] See map of England for all these places. Feversham is in Kent, forty-five miles southeast of London; Margate is on the Isle of Thanet, eighty miles southeast.
[300] Commission merchants.
[301] Privateers. Capers is a Dutch word.
[302] Supply "he."