[Page 33, l. 28.] capons, large chickens.

[Page 36, l. 14.] ger-falcon, or gyrfalcon, a large and fierce kind of falcon.

[Page 37, l. 12.] Feast of the Assumption. This took place on the 15th of August (Lady Day).

[Page 37, l. 16.] device, badge; distinguishing mark; coat of arms.

[Page 37, l. 17.] bare them. Bare is the old form of bore; them is themselves.

[Page 41, l. 5.] Michaelmas, the 29th of September.

[Page 41, l. 28.] chamberlain, a high officer of the court; master of the ceremonies.

[Page 43, l. 31.] Gore, or Gower, is a strip of hilly country in Glamorganshire, running out into the sea, and ending in Worm’s Head.

[Page 46, l. 18.] Nimue is the Lady of the Lake mentioned in the story of “Excalibur.” She is generally a good friend to King Arthur.

[Page 48.] the Holy Graal. The graal is the vessel which our Lord used at the Last Supper.