[Transcriber's Notes]
The spelling of "didn't" as "did n't", "center" as "centre" and other
such usages, has been maintained.
Here are the definitions of some unfamiliar (to me) words.
cataplasm (poultice)
Soft moist adhesive mass of meal or clay, usually heated, spread on
cloth, and applied to warm, moisten, or stimulate an aching or
inflamed part of the body.
doggerel
Irregularly fashioned verse of a humorous nature.
halberdiers
Guard armed with a halberd, a weapon having an ax-like blade and a
steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.
importuning
Beg for something persistently.
sedges
Grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae, having solid stems and
three vertical rows of leaves.
seneschal
Official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic
arrangements and the administration of servants.
[End Transcriber's Notes]