=pezos and pieces of eight=:--_peso_ is the Spanish word for dollar;
_pieces of eight_ are dollars also, each dollar containing eight
_reals_.
=the man in black and silver=:--Paradise, an Englishman.
=frails=:--Baskets made of rushes.
=Kirby=:--A renowned pirate mentioned in chapter 21.
=Maracaibo=:--The city or the gulf of that name in Venezuela.
=galleasses=:--Heavy, low-built vessels having sails as well as oars.
=Lucayas=:--An old name for the Bahama Islands.
=de Leon=:--Ponce de Leon discovered Florida in 1513; he searched long
for a fountain which would restore youth.
=aqua vitae=:--Latin for _water of life_.
=Summer Isles=:--Another name for the Bermuda Islands.
=Cartagena=:--A city in Spain.
=Lima=:--A city in Peru.
=Toledo=:--A "Toledo blade"--a sword of the very finest temper, made in
Toledo, Spain.
=the Low Countries=:--Holland and Belgium.
=senor=:--The Spanish word for _sir_.
=Weyanoke=:--The home of the hero, near Jamestown, Virginia.
=Sparrow=:--A minister, one of the hero's companions; see chapter 3 of
_To Have and to Hold_.
=guarda costa=:--Coast guard.
=Diccon=:--Ralph Percy's servant.
=the gentleman without a sword=:--Lord Carnal, an enemy of Percy.
=the lady=:--She is really Percy's wife.
=Odsbodikins=; =Adzooks=:--Oaths much used two centuries ago.
=By 'r lakin=:--By our ladykin (little lady); an oath by the Virgin
Mary.
=Xeres=:--The Spanish town after which sherry wine is named.
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