245. Compare Luke ix: 62.
248. Jeremiah xxxiii: 11.
321. In Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims we read that the ancestors of Miles Standish were of a warlike spirit, and that the family record can be traced back as far as to Ralph de Standish, 1221.
324. Crest. The distinguishing mark worn by a knight, usually upon the helmet or above the shield.
Argent. Silver, or resembling silver.
325. Gules. Of a red color.
344. Reference to Revelation xxi.
362. The account is given in 2 Samuel, xi and xii.
415. Wat Tyler. The leader of an insurrection in London, slain by Jean Standuich. This happened under Richard II., about 1381.
421. You too, Brutus! Notwithstanding the friendship existing between them, Brutus conspired against the life of Cæsar. It is stated that when Brutus advanced to strike him, Cæsar said, “And you too, my son!”