[4] Cloth-yard shaft: an arrow a yard in length.
[5] Cressy and Agincourt: English victories over the French in 1346 and 1415.
[6] Bill: a combined spear and battle-axe.
[7] Culverin and demi-culverin: ancient forms of cannon.
[8] Hand-grenade: a kind of bomb or shell thrown by hand.
[9] Rodney, etc.: famous English naval and military commanders.
[10] Talbots, etc.: noted family names of the English nobility.
[11] "Sacer vates": inspired bard or poet.
[12] Throw his stone, etc.: help to build their cairn or monument.
[13] Clanship: here, the holding together of a class, tribe, or family.