Page 17, last line; i. e.—Air, Water, Earth, Fire, the four elements, in which, according to the ancient philosophers, all exists, and of which the whole world is composed.

Page 24, "Alexanders" i. e.—Such as Alexander III, "the Great," king of Macedonia, etc., the greatest of Military Conquerors; born 356 B. C.; died, 323 B. C.

"Neros" i. e.—Such as Nero, Lucius Domitius, Roman Emperor; born 37; died 68; probably the most prominent type known of wickedness and cruelty, and, nevertheless, a coward.

Page 27, "Crest and Foil;" emblematic of Knighthood or Nobility.

Page 29, "Brother" "Equal," i. e.—Neighbor, as exemplified by Christ to the Lawyer; see Gospel, St. Luke, x. 25, et. seq. The emphasized "then" on the second line refers to when "for its keeping you shall account;" (see previous stanza, page 28) the sense of the two first lines being: too late then to mend evil deeds by charity.

Page 39, lines 3 and 4; see Swedish and General History; Three champions of political and religious liberty; prominent in removing excessive taxation, extending the rights, guarantees and educational facilities of the people and undermining and finally crushing the pernicious and immense power, wealth and influence of a corrupt and arbitrary hierarchy.—Engelbrekt, an influential private citizen, went, on his own responsibility, to demand of the then king (Erik XIII) amelioration in the condition of the utterly enslaved, tax-ridden and tyranized people. This being refused, he induced the people, under his leadership, to rise in arms (in the fall of 1433) and, during three years of successive victories, drove out of the country all foreign oppressors and their adherents, put other men in their places, and enforced changes in the government, and a reduction everywhere of 33 per cent. in the taxes. He was murdered April 27th, 1436.

Gustavus 1st, savior of the independence of Sweden, who gave it new Constitution, new Laws, new Church-government, and was the first to institute general education, by establishing public schools throughout the country. He was born in 1496, and reigned from 1521 to his death, 1560.

Gustavus II, Adolphus, born in 1592, Grandson of Gustavus 1st, was king of Sweden from 1611 to his death 1632, when he fell in the famous battle at LÜtzen, Germany, in the "thirty years war," while fighting for the grand cause of liberty of conscience.

Page 41, "Uriah-note," see Bible, II Samuel, chapter XI.

Page 42, 1st line; see Bible, Genesis, chapter XXXVII.

Page 42, 2nd line; see Bible, II Samuel, chapter I.

Page 42, 5th line; see Bible, Jeremiah XXXI, verse 15; also, Gospel of St. Matthew, chapter II, verse 18.

Page 45, 1st line; see Bible, Gospel of St. Luke, XX, 39.

Page 45, 3rd line; see Bible, St. John, XIX, 25.

Page 45, 5th line; see Bible, St. John, XIV, 13.

Page 50, 3rd line, see Bible, St. Mark, XIII, 13.