of tradesmen, such as the goldsmiths, the fishmongers, the merchant tailors.
91
Were.
92
Chemise.
93
This word is misplaced; it should go before "perish."
94
Before "having," supply "the master."
95
Fences.
96
From.
97
This old form for "caught" is used frequently by Defoe.
98
Came to grief.
99
"Who, being," etc., i.e., who, although single men, had yet staid.
100
The wars of the Commonwealth or of the Puritan Revolution, 1640-52.
101
Holland and Belgium.
102
"Hurt of," a common form of expression used in Defoe's time.
103
Manager, economist. This meaning of "husband" is obsolete.
104
A participial form of expression very common in Old English, the "a" being a corruption of "in" or "on."
105
Were.
106
"'Name of God," i.e., in the name of God.
107
Torches.
108
"To and again," i.e., to and fro.
109
Were.
110
As if.
111
Magpie.
112
This word is from the same root as "lamp." The old form "lanthorn" crept in from the custom of making the sides of a lantern of horn.
113
Supply "be."
