[333] Of.
[334] What we should call an assistant minister is still called a curate in the Church of England.
[335] "I had not said this," etc., i.e., I would not have said this, but would rather have chosen, etc.
[336] See Rev. vi. 8.
[337] Moved away (into the country).
[338] The duties of headboroughs differed little from those of the constables. The title is now obsolete.
[339] Count.
[340] "Must." In this sense common in Chaucer. The past tense, "should," retains something of this force. Compare the German sollen.
[341] Otherwise known as theriac (from the Greek [Greek: thêriakos], "pertaining to a wild beast," since it was supposed to be an antidote for poisonous bites). This medicine was compounded of sixty or seventy drugs, and was mixed with honey.
[342] Supply "died."