49. thame... of the toune, 'the defenders of the town'.
51. or than, 'or else'.
71 ff. The engynour: an English engineer captured by the garrison in the previous assault and forced into their service.
80. scho, 'she', some engine of war not previously referred to: apparently a mechanical sling.
123 ff. The boats were filled with men and hoisted up the masts, so as to overtop the walls and allow the besiegers to shoot at the garrison from above. The same engine that proved fatal to the sow was used to break up the boats.
146. thar wardane with him had, 'their warden <who> had with him'; cp. note to XIII a 36.
158-61. A confused construction. The writer has in mind: (1) 'Of all the men he had there remained with him only one whom he had not left to relieve', &c.; and (2) 'There were no members of his company (except one) whom he had not left', &c.
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Dialect: South Midland.