[12] Vide Apochryphal Gospels.
[13] Divan; the Turkish Council of State.
[14] A lake in Albania.
[15] Voivode; a Servian and Albanian term for general.
[16] Gunpowder was at this time coming into general use.
[17] The old chronicles admit, as one weakness of Scanderbeg, a fondness for personal decoration.
[18] The author adds these lines to the meagre details of this battle as known, for the purpose of accounting for its immediate issue, and for the subsequent events.
[19] Some historians represent Scanderbeg as having had Albanian accomplices in this murder.
[20] Spahi: master of cavalry.
[21] Bismallah; "Please God," a Turkish common exclamation.