[ [204] 18. The fluke is the part of the anchor which fastens in the ground.
[ [205] 36. Wife to both. This line is a prophecy of future events in the story.
[ [206] 94. Osier. The reference is to baskets made of osier, a kind of willow.
[ [207] 98. The lion-whelp was evidently a heraldic device over the gateway to the hall.
[ [208] 99. Peacock-yewtree; a yewtree cut, after the fashion of the old landscape gardeners, into the shape of a peacock.
[ [209] 213. Look on yours. This is another prophetic line.
[ [210] 326. Garth; a yard or garden.
[ [211] 337. Conies; rabbits.
[ [212] 370. Just ... begun; notice here the repetition of line 67: each of the two lines introduces a crisis in the life of Philip. Several other such repetitions may be found in the poem.