"Saul" a play whose title suggests the first king of Israel. In I Samuel 31:3–13 through II Samuel 1:1–27, David discovers Saul's body alongside that of the prince, Jonathan, and mourns their wretched deaths on the battlefield.
Plato to Goethe Plato (427?–347? B.C.) was a Greek philosopher and Goethe (1749–1832) a German poet and dramatist; the passage indicates the education Paul and his peers had, covering everything from ancient Greek philosophy to the height of German Romanticism.
Frisian people of Friesland or the Frisian Islands, near the eastern German-Dutch border.
parade-ground soldiering ceremonial formation in dress uniforms.
esprit de corps group spirit; sense of pride, honor, etc. shared by those in the same group or undertaking.
stickle-backs small, bony fishes with two to eleven sharp spines in front of the dorsal fin.
saveloy a highly seasoned, dried English sausage.
