[74] Kemble's "Saxons in England," p. 280.
[75] Normandie Souterraine, p. 44.
[76] Boys' Hist. of Sandwich. The charter is given in Mr. Kemble's Codex Diplom. Ævi Sax., iv. 23.
[77] Stothard, Pl. xix.
[78] Northern.
[79] blade.
[80] long-handled.
[81] must hold it.
[82] From ira.
[83] The passage which has furnished these lines is further curious, as it would seem to shew that the Fraternitas Armorum was not confined to the knightly order. These two English guisarmiers enter the field of Hastings under a similar compact to triumph or fall together:—