[4] Earl Godwin of the Goodwin Sands (?).
[5] See ‘Dymchurch Flit’ in Puck of Pook’s Hill.
[6] The old lady’s prophecy is in a fair way to come true, for when the Panama Canal is finished, one end of it will open into the very bay where Sir Francis Drake was buried. Then ships will be taken through the Canal, and the road round Cape Horn which Sir Francis opened will be abandoned.
[7] This is the Norman knight they met the year before in Puck of Pook’s Hill. See ‘Young Men at the Manor,’ ‘The Knights of the Joyous Venture,’ and ‘Old Men at Pevensey,’ in that book.
Some quotes are opened with marks but are not closed or closed with the wrong mark. Possible errors and omissions have been silently corrected, while those requiring interpretation have been left open. Spelling is preserved except as noted below.
The following misprints have been corrected:
"Winters bee-thronged ivy-bloom" was changed to "Winter’s
bee-thronged ivy-bloom". (page x)
A missing period was added to the final word. (page xiii)
"(good teacher she had too!)" changed to "(good teacher he had too!)" (page 18)
A missing period was added after "she laughed". (page 45)
"King Philip's fleet!" was changed to "King Philip's fleet?" (page 49)
A missing period was added after "called gratitude". (page 226)
"soeclum" was changed to "saeclum". (page 241)
A missing comma was added after "That’s tellin’s’" (page 335)