Notes Introduction.
| 1. | Fire-arms. |
| 2. | Wincing she was, as is a jolly colt, Tall as a lance, and upright as a bolt." |
| 3. | Anciently famous for manufacturing implements of archery. |
| 4. | The military archers used a double string in the field, to prevent delay in refitting the bow in case of accident. |
| 5. | Irish. |
| 6. | Welsh |
| 7. | Ibid. |
| 8. | Discourse on Weapons, MSS. Lansd. Collection. |
| 9. | So he used to term his victory at Worcester. |
| 10. | Voyage to New England, 1644. |
| 11. | "Were I in England now as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool but would give a Piece of silver; there would this monster make a man--any strange beast there makes a man; when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay down ten to see a dead Indian."--Tempest. |
| 12. | Travels in the Levant, p. 72. |
| 13. | Good News from New England, 1621. |