P.  65,  I.  6,  gondre  Glais  grondier,  contra  Anglos  grunnire.
I.  9,  «  Part. — Perhaps  it  should  be  alart,  and  is  derived  from  the  Latin

alacriter.
I.  11,  la  conte  a  Clocestre. — Gilbert  de  Clare,  who  succeeded  his  father

in  the  Earldoms  of  Hereford  and  Gloucester  in  1262,  and  was  a  zealous  partizan
of  the  Barons,  until  he  deserted  Simon  de  Montfort  before  the  battle  of  Evesham.
I.  15,  la  cont  Vincestre. — Roger  de  Quincy,  Earl  of  Winchester.     Why

his  name  is  introduced  so  prominently,  does  not  seem  clear.     He  died  in  the
year  following  (1264),  and  the  title  became  extinct.
P.  67,  /.  3,  Rogier  Bigot  .—Roger  Bigod,  Earl  of  Norfolk.
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P.  67,  I,  18,  Saint  Amont,  means,  probably,  St.  Edmund.
P.  69.  Song  against  the  King  of  Almaigne. — This  song  was  first
printed  in  Percy's  Reliques  of  Ancient  English  Poetry.
/.  2,  Kpi  of  Alemaigne. — It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  this  was

Richard  Earl  of  Cornwall,  the  King's  brother.
I.  3,  Thritti  thousent pound. — The  Barons  had  offered  him  this  sum,  if

he  would  by  his  intermediation  persuade  the  King  to  agree  to  a  peace  with  them,
and  at  the  same  time  accept  the  terms  they  demanded.
I.  10,  Walingford.—T^^Q  honour  of  Wallingford  had  been  conferred  on

Richard  in  1243.
I.  12. — ^Windsor  was  the  stronghold  of  the  royal  party,  and  had  been

garrisoned  by  foreigners.
I.  15,  mulne. — "  After  the  battle  was  lost,  Richard,  King  of  the  Romans,

took  refuge  in  a  windmill,  which  he  barricadoed,  and  maintained  for  some  time
against  the  Barons,  but  in  the  evening  was  obliged  to  surrender.  See  a  very
full  account  of  this  in  the  Chronicle  of  Mailros."     Percy.
