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l. 109. _proud-quiver'd_, proudly girt with quivers of arrows.

l. 112. _rich-ored driftings. _ The sand of the river in which gold was
to be found.

PAGE 57. l. 124. _lazar_, leper, or any wretched beggar; from the
parable of Dives and Lazarus.

_stairs_, steps on which they sat to beg.

l. 125.
_red-lin'd accounts_, vividly picturing their neat
account-books, and at the same time, perhaps, suggesting the human blood
for which their accumulation of wealth was responsible.

l. 130. _gainful cowardice. _ A telling expression for the dread of loss
which haunts so many wealthy people.

l. 133. _hawks . . . forests. _ As a hawk pounces on its prey, so they
fell on the trading-vessels which put into port.

ll. 133-4. _the untired . .