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: “écrouelles,” 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}] Échevins—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.