scourge a whip used for flogging.
expiation atonement; to pay a penalty for something.
Geneva cloak a black cloak that Calvinist ministers wore.
cope a vestmentworn by priests for certain ceremonies. Here, anything that covers like a cope, a canopy over, or the sky.
scurrilous vulgar, indecent, abusive.
Governor Winthrop John Winthrop (1588-1649), first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
