[13] See testimony of Jeffrey Potter, ante, [p. 46].—Ed.
[14] A series of devotions extending through nine days.—Trans.
[15] From 1715 to 1786 Rhode Island suffered from the issue of Bills of Credit, or paper money.—Ed.
[16] Nota bene.—Ed.
[17] Either Captain Potter or Father Fauque, in this statement, makes a mistake. On November 5th, in England, they celebrate their escape from the “Gunpowder Plot.” There is in the Prayer-book “A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving,” which is to be used on that day “for the happy deliverance of King James I. and the Three Estates of England from the most traitorous and blood-intended massacre by Gunpowder; and also for the happy arrival of His Majesty King William on this day, for the deliverance of our church and nation.” The common people call it “Guy Fawkes’ Day.”[18]—Trans.
[18] Guy Fawkes’ Day was observed with great fidelity, as far as noise was concerned, by Bristol boys of the last generation.—Ed.
[19] Captain Potter was a member of St. Michael’s Church, Bristol, and as a good Church of England man was reading his Book of Common Prayer.—Ed.
[20] Potter was not a Huguenot. If Father Fauque had known of the heresies abounding in “Rodelan” his astonishment would have been equalled by his horror.—Ed.
[21] A toise is two yards.—Trans.
[22] “Narragansett Pacers” were greatly in demand in the West Indies, and on the “Spanish Main.”—Ed.