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  [1] At least, the assertion is gravely made by the ancient chroniclers.I wonder what kind of an outfielder he would have made today.

  [2] From the Spanish word "bachiller," referring to an inferior degreein the legal profession.

  [3] In the absence of particular information, I suppose the ships to besmall caravels of between fifty and sixty tons, and the brigantinesmuch smaller, open, flat-bottomed boats with but one mast--although amodern brigantine is a two-masted vessel.

  [4] The castellano was valued at two dollars and fifty-six cents, butthe purchasing power of that sum was much greater then than now. Themaravedi was the equivalent of about one-third of a cent.

  [5] Evidently he was quoting the exquisite measures of the EightiethPsalm, one of the most touching appeals of David the Poet-King, inwhich he says over and over again, "Turn us again, O God, and cause ThyFace to shine, and we shall be saved."