d Algiers, and even as late as 1860 the
European Powers had to suppress piracy in Morocco.

~Dordrecht~: a commercial town in the south of Holland, near Rotterdam.

~The South Sea Company~ is celebrated above the other trading companies
for the great speculation in its shares called the ~South Sea bubble~ in
1720.

46. PLAYS AND PAGEANTS. PART I.

~Mummers~: men who played in entertainments masked and in various
disguises.

~masque~: a kind of play in which the actors wore masks. Milton's
'Comus' is a well-known masque of high character.

~mystery~: a name for a religious play representing some scene from the
Bible or scenes from the life of a saint.

~admonition~: warning.

~frescoes~: paintings on a wall covered with plaster--done while the
plaster is still wet or _fresh_.

~sequence~: that is, the connection of one event with another.

~properties~: the articles used in the play, scenery, dress, &c.

~realistic~: looking as though they really were the persons represented.

~tableau~: scene.

~lessee~: one who rents a theatre or holds it on a lease from the owner.

47. PLAYS AND PAGEANTS. PART II.

~Pageants~: grand shows, processions.

~censers~: vessels for burning incense.

~conduit~: a pipe or channel for leading or _conducting_ water.

~Cross of Chepe~: a memorial erected in the centre of the chepe, or
market, in memory of Queen Eleanor.

~jerkins~: a kind of jacket often made of leather.

~panoply~: full armour.

~banneret~: a little banner.

~blackjacks~: leather vessels for holding liquor.

~malmsey~: a strong sweet wine.

~marshal~: draw up and arrange.

~Lord Mayor's Show~: on November 9--when the people have an opportunity
of welcoming the new Lord Mayor on his entering into office.

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~libretto~: the words of a masque or play set to music.

~scenic~: on the stage.

~Ben Jonson~ (born 1574, died 1637): a great English play writer and
poet, and a friend of Shakespeare.

~Francis Bacon~, Lord Verulam (born 1561, died 1626), was Lord
Chancellor and a great writer on philosophical subjects.

~Oberon~: the king of the fairies and husband of Titania, as in
Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

~save James~: that is, King James I.; a piece of courtly flattery due to
Jonson's connection with the court.

~Prince Henry~, who is meant by Oberon in the masque, died in 1612, to
the great regret of the people.

~Phosphorus~: Lucifer,