aged but 33 years, and buried, without mark or memorial, in the church of
Great Tew (North Oxfordshire), the manor of which he owned.

_English Eastern_; The common brake-fern and its allies seem to betray
tropical sympathies by their late appearance and sensitiveness to
autumnal frost.

_That Arlesian plain_; Now named the _Crau_. It lies between Aries and
the sea--a bare and malarious tract of great size covered with shingle
and boulders. Aeschylus describes it as a 'snow-shower of round stones,'
which Zeus rained down in aid of Heracles, who was contending with the
Ligurians.

_Mira_; A star in the _Whale_, conspicuous for its singular and rapid
changes of apparent size.

_The Cause_; After passing through several phases this word, in
Cromwell's mouth, with the common logic of tyranny, became simply a
synonym for personal rule.

_Smiting with iron heel_; The terrorism of the Protector's government,
and the almost universal hatred which it inspired, are powerfully painted
by Hallam. 'To govern according to law may sometimes be an usurper's
wish, but can seldom be in his power. The protector abandoned all
thought of it. . . . All illusion was now (1655) gone, as to the
pretended benefits of the civil war. It had ended in a despotism,
compared to which all the illegal practices of former kings, all that had
cost Charles his life and crown, appeared as dust in the balance.'

_The blood-path_; The trials under which Gerard and Vowel were executed