[165] _Jointure._ Settlement.
[166] _Engaged._ Pledged.
[167] _Sir Cloudesley Shovel._ Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel, drowned
off the Scilly Isles, 1707.
[168] _Dr. Busby._ The famous flogging headmaster of Westminster.
[169] _Cecil._ Lord Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth's Lord High Treasurer.
[170] _Forfeit._ Gratuity due for sitting in the chair.
[171] _Pommel._ Part of the hilt.
[172] _Touched for the evil._ The royal touch was regarded as a cure for
scrofula as late as Queen Anne's time.
[173] _Casualties._ Incidents.