_Hampden, i.e_., John Hampden (born 1594, died 1643), the maintainer
of the rights of the people in the reign of Charles I. He resisted the
imposition of ship-money, and died in a skirmish at Chalgrove during the
Civil War.


_Russell, i.e_., Lord William Russell, beheaded in 1683, in the reign
of Charles II. on a charge of treason. He had resisted the Court in its
aims at establishing the doctrine of passive obedience.


_Sydney, i.e.,_ Algernon Sydney. The friend of Russell, who met with the
same fate in the same year.


_Sydney's matchless shade_. Shade = spirit or memory.


_Agincourt_. The victory won by Henry V. in France, in 1415.


_Crown'd and mitred tyranny_. Explain this.]




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