[306] The motto of the poem explained.
[307] St George.
[308] The great Civil War.
[309] The Fire of London.
[310] The Popish plot.
[311] The Test-act.
[312] The death of the Jesuits, executed for the Plot.
[313] All the queen's former children died in infancy.
[314] The year 1688, big with so many events of importance, commenced very unfavourably with stormy weather, and an epidemical distemper among men and cattle.
[315] 1 Kings, chap, xxxiv.