8. Is the fact that the earl is amusing himself with a falcon just before
the battle to be taken as a sign of contempt for the enemy?
65. "The _Panta_, or Blackwater as it is now called, opens at Maldon into
a large estuary, where a strong tide runs."--Sedgefield.
70. The approaches to the bridge were covered with water at high tide;
hence the Norsemen feared to cross at high tide and asked for a truce.