[104] "Who, being," etc., i.e., who, although single men, had yet staid.
[105] The wars of the Commonwealth or of the Puritan Revolution, 1640-52.
[106] Holland and Belgium.
[107] "Hurt of," a common form of expression used in Defoe's time.
[108] Manager, economist. This meaning of "husband" is obsolete.
[109] A participial form of expression very common in Old English, the "a" being a corruption of "in" or "on."
[110] Were.
[111] "'Name of God," i.e., in the name of God.
[112] Torches.
[113] "To and again," i.e., to and fro.