[38] Du Cange says, the third order of Chivalry consisted of the Esquires; but he evidently thinks they were the personal attendants of knights, for he calls them infancons or damoiseaux. He does not seem to have thought that a grave old squire ever existed.
[39] ——“Mais le dit escuyer s’excusa; et dit qu’il ne pouvoit trouver son bacinet.”—Froissart, i. 211.
[40] favour.
[41] soon.
[42] diligently.
[43] attempted.
[44] against.
[45] rule.
[46] the minstrelsy art.
[47] went.