239. Foeman. The reading of the 1st ed. and that of 1821; "foeman" in
many recent eds.
246. Their mother Earth, etc. Alluding to the old myths of the
earth-born Giants and of Cadmus.
252. Glinted. Flashed; a Scottish word. Jamieson defines glint "to
glance, gleam, or pass suddenly like a flash of lightning."
253. Glaive. See on iv. 274 above. The jack was "a horseman's defensive
upper garment, quilted and covered with strong leather" (Nares). It
was sometimes also strengthened with iron rings, plates, or bosses. Cf.
Lyly, Euphues: "jackes quilted, and covered over with leather, fustian,
or canvas, over thick plates of yron that are sowed to the same." Scott,
in the Eve of St. John, speaks of "his plate-jack." For spear the 1st
ed. has "lance."