[403.] thy date, the allotted measure or duration of thy life.
[408.] thy sinfull hire, thy service of sin.
[431.] As he were charmed, etc., as if he were under the spell of magic incantation.
[438.] in a table, in a picture. The horrors of the Last Judgment and the torments of the lost were favorite subjects of the mediæval Catholic painters.
[468.] fire-mouthed Dragon. The dragons of romance are all described as fire-breathing,
[473.] that chosen art, a reference to the doctrine of Election. Mark, xiii, 20.
[476.] accurst hand-writing. A reference to Paul's letter to the Colossians, ii, 14, in which he declares that the gospel of grace has superseded the law of Moses.
[484.] he so himselfe had drest, he had thus attempted (to take his life).