59 463. clowns. The peasants, the common people.
60 480. double-biting axe. Two-edged battle-ax.
60 489. Armed cap-a-pe. From head to foot. From the old French, de cap a pie.
60 497. king-at-arms. The chief of the heralds, an important office in the Middle Ages.
61 512. The turney is allowed but one career. The two bands of knights shall rush together on horseback but once.
61 516. at mischief taken. Caught at a disadvantage.
63 569. equipage. So well equipped.
63 590. justling. An archaism for jostling.
64 603. Hauberks. A part of mail armor, originally intended to protect neck and shoulders; later it reached to the knees.
65 669. the rightful Titan failed. The Titans were the six sons and six daughters of Ccelus and Terra. One of them, Saturn, indignant at the tyranny of his father, dethroned him with the others' aid. The Titans then ruled in heaven with Saturn at their head. A prophecy to the effect that one of his children would dethrone him caused him to swallow each one as it was born; but Jupiter was concealed at his birth and grew to manhood. He compelled Saturn to disgorge his brothers and sisters, and in company with them waged a ten years' war against the Titans. They were overcome and hurled to the depths below Tartarus, while Jupiter usurped the throne of heaven.