{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.
{3}Daggers.
{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.
{7}Very intimate.
{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."{13}Neck.
{14}"Frightened by a ghost."
{15}"Airt,"i.e."quarter."
{16}"Fright for fright."
{17}Lameter,a lame.
{18}Bor-brief,certificate of gentle birth.
{19}Howlet,a young owl;a proverb for voracity.
{20}Battle-axe.
{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."{25}Englishman.
{26}Heavy and still.
{27}Daughter of God,go on,and I will be thine aid.Go on!
{28}Lyrat,grey.
{29}The king's evil:"ecrouelles,"scrofula.
{30}Darg,day's work.
{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.
{37}Block-houses.
{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.
{40}Cande =Kennedy.
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