M.

Minor Notes.

Meaning of "Ruell."

—In the "Rhime of Sir Thopas" Chaucer says:

"His sadell was of ruell bone

His bridle as the sun yshone," &c.

Translated by Z. A. Z.:

"His saddle was of jit black bone."

Whitaker and Co. London, 1841.

Tyrwhitt says: