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seguramente = of course, certainly. (Spanish)

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Aztec – an ancient civilization that formed an enormous empire in the 15th–16th centuries in what is now Mexico.

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Yucatan – Yucatan Peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

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carruaje = carriage. (Spanish)

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baile = ball, dance. (Spanish)

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botica = drugstore. (Spanish)

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Belize – a river in Central America, and a town and seaport on the Caribbean coast.

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The Guilty Party – An East Side Tragedy

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New Jersey – the US state (19 479 sq. km) on the Atlantic coast.

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the South Sea Islands – the Marquesas Islands, Gilbert Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, etс.

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Maypole – a painted pole decorated with flowers around which people dance on May Day.

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Buffalo Bill’s show – Buffalo Bill’s circus.

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By Geronimo! – an exclamation of annoyance; Geronimo (1829–1903) was an Apache leader who led the defense of his native people against the US military might.

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dassent – here: have no right to…

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David and Goliath – biblical characters of the 11th–10th centuries BC; David, king of Israel, killed the Philistine giant, Goliath.

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King Herod (73 BC–4 BC) – the king of Judaea, appointed by the Romans; in the New Testament, a tyrant who ordered to kill all male new-born babies after Jesus had been born.

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wiskerando – here: drunkard.

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no, sirree! – no such matter!

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Bedlam – here: confusion, madhouse, chaos; Bedlam means Bethlem Royal Hospital for mentally ill patients in England, founded in 1247.

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Son cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu’on le touche il résonne. – His heart is a hanging lute; As soon as one touches it, it sounds out. (French)

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De Beranger – Pierre-Jean de Beranger (1780–1857), a French poet, the author of many popular, lyrical and tender songs.

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ennuyé = bored, disappointed. (French)

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arabesque – here: of elaborate design.

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morale = moral state.

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cataleptical – suffering from periods of unconsciousness and rigidity of muscles; unstable.

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Fuseli – Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), a Swiss painter known for his dramatic and original works.

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impromptus = improvisations. (Latin)

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Gresset – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709–1777), a French poet and dramatist.

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Machiavelli – NiccolÒ Machiavelli (1469–1521), a political philosopher and statesman of the Italian Renaissance.

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Swedenborg – Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), a scientist, philosopher, theologian and Christian mystic of Swedish origin.

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Holberg – Ludwig Holberg (1684–1754), a prominent Scandinavian writer and philosopher of the Enlightment period.

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Robert Flud(d) (1574–1637) – an English philosopher, physician, occultist and author.

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Tieck – Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), a German writer and critic of the early Romantic period.

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Campanella – Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), an Italian philosopher and writer, the author of the famous ‘The City of the Sun’.

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Eymeric de Cironne – Nicholas Eymerich (1320–1399), a Roman Catholic theologian, the great inquisitor of Aragon.