第108章 Footnotes

{1}Several copies of this book,the Liber Pluscardensis,are extant,but the author's original MS.is lost.

{2}This was written after the Act of the Scots Parliament of 1457.

{3}Daggers.

{4}Rude wall surrounding a keep.

{5}Sisters in the rule of St.Francis.

{6}These tricks of sleight-of-hand are attributed by Jean Nider,in his "Formicarium,"to the false Jeanne d'Arc.--A.L.

{7}Very intimate.

{8}When the sky falls and smothers the larks.

{9}This quotation makes it certain that Scott's ballad of Harlaw,in "The Antiquary,"is,at least in part,derived from tradition {10}This description confirms that of the contemporary town-clerk of La Rochelle.

{11}The staircase still exists.

{12}"My neck would learn the weight of my more solid proportions."{13}Neck.

{14}"Frightened by a ghost."

{15}"Airt,"i.e."quarter."

{16}"Fright for fright."

{17}Lameter,a lame.

{18}Bor-brief,certificate of gentle birth.

{19}Howlet,a young owl;a proverb for voracity.

{20}Battle-axe.

{21}Bougran,lustrous white linen.

{22}There are some slight variations,as is natural,in the Fierbois record.

{23}Equipped for battle.

{24}That is,in the "Liber Pluscardensis."{25}Englishman.

{26}Heavy and still.

{27}Daughter of God,go on,and I will be thine aid.Go on!

{28}Lyrat,grey.

{29}The king's evil:"ecrouelles,"scrofula.

{30}Darg,day's work.

{31}"Par mon martin,"the oath which she permitted to La Hire.

{32}See Appendix A,'Norman's Miracle,'Appendix B,'Elliot's Ring.'

{33}That in to say,some two thousand combatants.

{34}Echevins--magistrates.

{35}"Away with this man,and release unto us Barabbas."{36}Pavises--large portable shelters.

{37}Block-houses.

{38}The Grahames had not yet possessed themselves of Netherby.--A.

L.

{39}"Substituting 'or'for 'argent,'his bearings were those of the distinguished modern novelist of the same name.--A.L.

{40}Cande =Kennedy.

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