1. Life and literary activity of Charles Kingsley. Historical fiction genre in Literature

Chapter 25. How They Took the Gold-Train

Words to look up: basnet, emaciated, recondite, torpor, compact (noun). Casus belli means Latin for "an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war". "Miserere Domine" means Lord have mercy on me.
Copywork: "Señor," said Jack, "the best way to punish oneself for doing ill, seems to me to go and do good; and the best way to find out whether God means you well, is to find out whether He will help you to do well. If you have wronged Indians in time past, see whether you cannot right them now. If you can, you are safe. For the Lord will not send the devil's servants to do His work."
The old man held down his head.
"Right the Indians? Alas! what is done, is done!"
"Not altogether, señor," said Amyas, "as long as an Indian remains alive in New Granada."
Narration and Discussion: List the five most important events in this chapter.

Chapter 26. How They Took the Great Galleon

Words to look up: bedizened, palliate, perfidious, culverin, phosphorescent, unship. Patararo is defined in the chapter as a brass swivel or swivel-gun. A "san benito" (also spelled sanbenito or sambenito) is a yellow tunic worn by prisoners during the Inquisition.
Copywork: "The Lord has put into our hands a rich prize; and what with the gold which we have already, we are well paid for all our labors. Let us thank Him with fervent hearts as soon as the sun rises; and in the meanwhile, remember all, that whosoever plunders on his private account, robs not the adventurers merely, but the orphan and the widow, which is to rob God; and makes himself partaker of Achan's curse, who hid the wedge of gold, and brought down God's anger on the whole army of Israel. For me, lest you should think me covetous, I could claim my brother's share; but I hereby give it up freely into the common stock, for the use of the whole ship's crew, who have stood by me through weal and woe, as men never stood before, as I believe, by any captain. So, now to prayers, lads, and then to eat our breakfast."
Narration and Discussion: This chapter includes the uncomfortable scene of Amyas formally executing two agents of the Inquisition. Do you think he found this a difficult choice to make? Was it an act of justice, or of personal vengeance?