[165]. "Manoa" (mä nō´ä). The city ruled by the gilded king, El Dorado. It was said to be built on an island in a lake called Parima, somewhere in the northern part of South America. Beginning about 1530, great numbers of expeditions were made by the Spaniards in search of this fabled city, all of which ended in disappointment and disaster.
[175]. "Naught of strange." Nothing out of the usual order.
[176]. "Lindis." A small stream in Lincolnshire.
"Melick" (mĕl´ĭk). Melic grass, a kind of grass eaten by cattle.
[177]. "Warping down." Turning aside out of a straight course; moving in zigzag lines.
"Scope." A sea wall, or steep shore.
[178]. "Bairns." Little children.
[179]. "Eygre" (ē´gẽr). The flood tide moving with great force and swiftness up the river.
[181]. Henry II. of England was born in 1133; died, 1189. He was the first of the Plantagenet line of kings.
[182]. Thomas Becket, born in London, 1118, was the son of a rich merchant, and became a member of the household of Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, about 1142. Through the influence of Theobald his interests with the king were advanced, and he became chancellor during the first year of Henry's reign. He was murdered in 1170.