[A] Dictus et Amphion, Thebanæ conditor arcis, Saxa movere sono testudinis, et prece blanda Ducere quo vellet. Hor. de. Art. Poet.
[B] Allusion to De Nouville’s invasion, in 1687, of the Genesee valley.
[C] Rochester.
[D] A title assumed by the Iriquois, or Five Nations, meaning “men who surpass all others.”

NOTES.

(1) “And named thee Genesee,” &c.

The word Genesee is of Seneca origin, signifying “Pleasant Valley,” or “Valley of Pleasant Waters.”

(2) “Since Phelps, the Cecrops of thy realm.”