after that he was fallen Not to be understood literally, of lying prostrate, but metaphorically, of defeat and disgrace. Cp.

"I am a poor fallenman, unworthy now

To be thy lord and master."

Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.Act III. Sc. 2.

the crown In all probability not the State-crown, but a light diadem, or fillet, worn round the helmet as the mark of royalty.

the bracelet Armlets are still worn by Oriental sovereigns. Kings and distinguished warriors are represented on both Egyptian and Assyrian monuments as wearing highly ornamented bracelets or armlets. See Smith's Dict. of the Bible, Art. Armlet, and Layard's Nineveh and Babylon, II. 322.

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