=Motto.= "They find their constant delight in gathering new spoils, and
living upon plunder."--Virgil, _Æneid_, vii. 748.
=166=: 2. =Set the heads of our servant-maids so agog=, _i.e_. by
telling their fortunes.
=166=: 6. =Crosses their hands with a piece of silver.= It was
customary to make the sign of the cross upon the hand of the gipsy with
the coin given him--probably with a view to avert any evil influence
from such doubtful characters.
=166=: 23. =A Cassandra of the crew.= Cassandra, daughter of Priam,
king of Troy, had been given by Apollo the gift of prophecy; but the
god, afterward offended by her, rendered the gift futile by decreeing
that she should never be believed.