21. _Celarent_, _Darii_, _Ferio_. Coined words used in logic to
designate certain valid forms of syllogism.
24. _Posy._ A brief inscription or motto originally in verse, and
suitable for a ring or some trinket.
25. _How Moses_, etc. For the story of Moses and the plagues of Egypt
see _Exodus_ viii and x. For the story of Jonah (who was commanded,
however, not to go to Tarshish) see _Jonah_ i. For Balaam and his ass
see _Numbers_ xxii, 22.
33. _Bishop Beveridge._ There was a Bishop of that name, but of course
Bluphocks is making a pun.
35. _Charon's wherry._ Charon was a god of hell. It was his business to
carry the dead across the river Styx. People thus carried over the
Stygian ferry paid Charon by a small coin put between their lips.
36. _Lupine-seed._ "In plant-lore 'lupine' means wolfish, and is
suggestive of the Evil One." (Berdoe, _Browning Cyclopædia_.)
36. _Hecate's supper._ Hecate was a goddess of hell to whom offerings of
food were made. An _obolus_ is a silver coin worth about fifteen cents.