FOOTNOTES
[{1}]
Several copies of this book, the Liber Pluscardensis, are extant,
but the author's original MS. is lost.
[{2}]
This was written after the Act of the Scots Parliament of 1457.
[{4}]
Rude wall surrounding a keep.
[{5}]
Sisters in the rule of St. Francis.
[{6}]
These tricks of sleight-of-hand are attributed by Jean Nider, in his
"Formicarium," to the false Jeanne d'Arc.--A. L.
[{8}]
When the sky falls and smothers the larks,
[{9}]
This quotation makes it certain that Scott's ballad of Harlaw, in
"The Antiquary," is, at least in part, derived from tradition.
[{10}]
This description confirms that of the contemporary town-clerk of La
Rochelle.
[{11}]
The staircase still exists.
[{12}]
"My neck would learn the weight of my more solid proportions."
[{14}]
"Frightened by a ghost."
[{15}]
"Airt," i.e. "quarter."
[{16}]
"Fright for fright."
[{18}]
Bor-brief, certificate of gentle birth.
[{19}]
Howlet, a young owl; a proverb for voracity.
[{21}]
Bougran, lustrous white linen.
[{22}]
There are some slight variations, as is natural, in the Fierbois
record.
[{23}]
Equipped for battle.
[{24}]
That is, in the "Liber Pluscardensis."
[{27}]
Daughter of God, go on, and I will be thine aid. Go on!
[{29}]
The king's evil: "ecrouelles," scrofula.
[{31}]
"Par mon martin," the oath which she permitted to La Hire.
[{32}]
See Appendix A, 'Norman's Miracle,' Appendix B, 'Elliot's Ring.'
[{33}]
That in to say, some two thousand combatants.
[{34}]
Echevins--magistrates.
[{35}]
"Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas."
[{36}]
Pavises--large portable shelters.
[{38}]
The Grahames had not yet possessed themselves of Netherby.--A. L.
[{39}]
Substituting 'or' for 'argent,' his bearings were those of the
distinguished modern novelist of the same name.--A. L.
