3. Jesus and the Samaritan woman: John iv. 13.
4. Dan: Lord; Latin, “dominus.” Another reading is “the wise man, King Solomon.”
5. Defended: forbade; French, “defendre,” to prohibit.
6. Dart: the goal; a spear or dart was set up to mark the point of victory.
7. “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.” — 2 Tim. ii 20.
8. Jesus feeding the multitude with barley bread: Mark vi. 41, 42.
9. At Dunmow prevailed the custom of giving, amid much merry making, a flitch of bacon to the married pair who had lived together for a year without quarrel or regret. The same custom prevailed of old in Bretagne.
10. “Cagnard,” or “Caignard,” a French term of reproach, originally derived from “canis,” a dog.
11. Parage: birth, kindred; from Latin, “pario,” I beget.
12. Norice: nurse; French, “nourrice.”