vicissitude unpredictable changes or variations that keep occurring in life, fortune, etc.; shifting circumstances.
vexed distressed, afflicted, or plagued.
disquietude a disturbed or uneasy condition; restlessness; anxiety.
the Spanish Main the Caribbean.
Bristol a British seaport.
Election Sermon the speech given when a governor is installed. It is a great honor to be asked to give this speech.
irrefragable that cannot be refuted; indisputable; impossible to change.
mutability ability to be changed.
obeisance homage, deference.
buckramed having a covering of cloth made stiff with paste.
Ann Turner an alleged witch who supposedly helped in the poisoning in the previously mentioned Overbury case.
the new Jerusalem another name for Boston; also, a place for sinners who have been saved.
the King's own mint-mark here, a mark guaranteeing authenticity.
