[4] Mill: a set-to or fight.
[5] Dramatis personæ: persons represented in a drama or in a story.
[6] Homer's Iliad: a Greek epic poem relating the siege of Ilium or Troy.
[7] Hector: a Trojan hero slain in the siege of Troy.
[8] Helen: a beautiful Grecian princess whose abduction by Paris of Troy caused the Trojan war.
[9] Coach: teacher or tutor.
[10] Nem. con.: no one objecting.
[11] Shell lesson: a lesson for the shell, or lower fourth form or class.
[12] Chivalrous: here, gallant, polite.
[13] "Thou didst take my part with kindly admonitions, and restrain their tongues with soft address and gentle words."—Bryant's translation.