[P. 16], l. 6, crux placet.—The face of the coin was marked with a cross.
[P. 20], l. 1, prima rabies.—The insurrection of the Barons.
—— l. 2, altera belligeras Francorum.—The expedition of Prince Louis to help the Barons, who were hard pressed by John’s foreign auxiliaries.
—— l. 3, Scottorum tertia.—l. 4, Flexit quarta Galenses.—Both the Scots and Welsh joined actively in the war, or rather took that occasion of invading the kingdom.
—— l. 6, turres.—The MS. has turmas in the text, and “vel turres” in the margin.
[P. 22], l. 13.—The writer evidently intended a pun, or rather a double meaning, in the word parentis at the end of the line.
[P. 23], l. 5, viri, i. e. Gualo the legate. The poem was evidently written by a strong partizan of the Pope.
—— l. 10, truces.—The MS. has traces.
—— l. 15, &c.—Louis and his party were at London, which they quitted in the November after King John’s death, in order to march towards the North. On the 6th December they took Hertford Castle, and that of Berkhampstead on the 20th, and proceeded to St. Alban’s. A truce was then agreed to, which continued till after Easter.
[P. 24], l. 2, Montique Sorello.—When hostilities recommenced, the Barons of the king’s party laid siege to Mount Sorrel, in Lincolnshire, but were obliged to retreat by the approach of a part of the army of Louis under the command of the Comte de Perche.