Geneva cloak: a black cloak that Calvinist ministers wore.
gesticulation: a gesture, esp. an energetic one.
Gobelin looms: a tapestry factory in Paris that made the finest tapestries.
gossip: a person who chatters or repeats idle talk and rumors
Governor Bellingham (1592-1672): the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Governor Winthrop: John Winthrop (1588-1649), first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
gules: red; a term used in heraldry.
halberds: combination battle-axes and spears used in the 15th and 16th centuries.
healing balm: an ointment used for healing.
heterodox: religious person who disagrees with church beliefs; unorthodox.
Holy Writ: the Bible.
horn-book: a sheet of parchment with the alphabet, table of numbers, etc. on it, mounted on a small board with a handle and protected by a thin, transparent plate of horn. It was formerly used as a child‘s primer.
ignominious: shameful; dishonorable; disgraceful.
ignominy: shame and dishonor; infamy.
importunate: urgent or persistent in asking or demanding; insistent; refusing to be denied; annoyingly urgent or persistent.
in Spring Lane: a crossroad in downtown Boston
indefatigable: untiring; not yielding to fatigue.
Indian sagamores: chiefs or subchiefs in the Abnakis culture.
irrefragable: that cannot be refuted; indisputable; impossible to change.
Isaac Johnson: a settler (1601-1630) who left land to Boston; he died shortly after the Puritans arrived. His land would be north of King’s Chapel (1688), which can be visited today.
