Footnotes

Several copies of this book, the Liber Pluscardensis, are extant, but the author’s original MS. is lost. ↩

This was written after the Act of the Scots Parliament of 1457. ↩

Daggers. ↩

Rude wall surrounding a keep. ↩

Sisters in the rule of St. Francis. ↩

These tricks of sleight-of-hand are attributed by Jean Nider, in his “Formicarium,” to the false Jeanne d’Arc.—A. L. ↩

Very intimate. ↩

When the sky falls and smothers the larks, ↩

This quotation makes it certain that Scott’s ballad of Harlaw, in “The Antiquary,” is, at least in part, derived from tradition. ↩

This description confirms that of the contemporary town-clerk of La Rochelle. ↩

The staircase still exists. ↩

“My neck would learn the weight of my more solid proportions.” ↩

Neck. ↩

“Frightened by a ghost.” ↩

“Airt,” i.e. “quarter.” ↩

“Fright for fright.” ↩

Lameter, a lame. ↩

Bor-brief, certificate of gentle birth. ↩

Howlet, a young owl; a proverb for voracity. ↩

Battle-axe. ↩

Bougran, lustrous white linen. ↩

There are some slight variations, as is natural, in the Fierbois record. ↩

Equipped for battle. ↩

That is, in the “Liber Pluscardensis.” ↩

Englishman. ↩

Heavy and still. ↩

Daughter of God, go on, and I will be thine aid. Go on! ↩

Lyrat, grey. ↩

The king’s evil: “ecrouelles,” scrofula. ↩

Darg, day’s work. ↩

“Par mon martin,” the oath which she permitted to La Hire. ↩

See Appendix A, ‘Norman’s Miracle,’ Appendix B, ‘Elliot’s Ring.’ ↩

That in to say, some two thousand combatants. ↩

Echevins—magistrates. ↩

“Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas.” ↩

Pavises—large portable shelters. ↩

Block-houses. ↩

The Grahames had not yet possessed themselves of Netherby.—A. L. ↩

Substituting ‘or’ for ‘argent,’ his bearings were those of the distinguished modern novelist of the same name.—A. L. ↩

Cande = Kennedy. ↩