_The exclusion_--of James from the succession.
_The rebellion_--Monmouth's.
_The Quakers_.--A hit, of course, at Penn.
_Piqueer_, 'do outpost duty,' 'raid.'
_Lords of the Articles_.--A well-known body in the older Scottish
Constitution, through whom only legislation could be originated, and who
thus almost nullified the powers of Parliament.
_Squeaziness_ = 'squeamishness,' 'queasiness.'
_It is impossible_.--Another form of 'No bishop no king.'
_The new converts_.--After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
_T.W._ is, of course, a mere fancy signature. It might stand for
'True Wellwisher' or anything. The wiseacres took it as ='W.T.,' William
Temple.