FOOTNOTES:
[1] In the judicial combats of the Middle Ages, it was allowed to women, children and old men, except in cases of high treason or of parricide, to appear in the lists by a representative. Such a hired combatant was called a champion.
[2] Jack Drudge.
[3] "Poignez villain, il vous oindra; oignez villain, il vous poindra."
[4] The three lilies, the device of French royalty.
[5] The Lord's Prayer, called "pater" from the first word, "pater" (father) in the Latin prayer.
[6] A prayer or invocation to Mary, so named from the first word, "Ave, Maria," (Hail to you, Mary), in the Latin prayer.