[4] Foreign coin; e.g., Indian or Arabian.
[5] The third baronet, grand-uncle of the first earl of Lucan.
[6] In old days, a certificate from customs officials that merchandise on board had paid its duties.
[7] Braziletto, a dyewood.
[8] The Isle of Achill lies off the Irish coast, northwest of Westport.
[8a] Conspirators for the assassination of King William, in connection with the plot headed by Robert Charnock and Sir George Barclay. Several had been executed this spring, but some were at large.
[9] An inferior Irish horse.
[10] I.e., because the gold was so much lighter to carry. In 1695, 30 shillings for a guinea would not have been an unusual price in London (Great Britain then had the silver standard), but the Recoinage Act passed in January, 1696, had enacted that it should be penal to give or take more than 22 shillings for a guinea.
[11] I.e., presumably, Spanish money.
[12] About 20 miles southeast of Westport, between that place and Galway.