[39-1] A pursuivant was an attendant on a herald.
[40-2] _Salvage_ is an old form of the word _savage_.
[46-3] _Outrance_ is an old word meaning _the last extremity_.
[48-4] A largesse is a gift or donation.
[53-5] _Clowns_ here means _peasants_.
[56-6] _Gare le Corbeau_ means _Beware of the raven_.
[57-7] A demi-volte is a certain movement of a horse, by which he makes
a half turn with the fore-feet off the ground.
[59-8] _Front-de-Boeuf_ means bull's head.
[59-9] _Cave, Adsum_ is a Latin expression meaning _Beware, I am here_.
[62-10] _Hospitallers_ was another name for the Knights of Saint John.
[70-11] _Barbed_, or _barded_, is a term used of a war-horse, and means
_furnished with armor_.
[72-12] A zecchin, or sequin, is worth about $2.25.
[78-13] _Laissez aller_ means literally _Let go_.
[79-14] _Beau-seant_ was the name given to the black and white banner of
the Templars.
[83-15] _Springal_ is an old word meaning _youth_ or _young man_.
[84-16] The _chamfron_ is the defensive armor of the front part of the
head of a war-horse.
[87-17] The Black Sluggard was the king of England, Richard the
Lion-Hearted, who had been absent from England on a Crusade and had come
back without allowing his brother John to know of his return.