71 ff. _The engynour_: an English engineer captured by the garrison in
the previous assault and forced into their service.
80. _scho_, 'she', some engine of war not previously referred to:
apparently a mechanical sling.
123 ff. The boats were filled with men and hoisted up the masts, so as
to overtop the walls and allow the besiegers to shoot at the garrison
from above. The same engine that proved fatal to the sow was used to
break up the boats.
146. _thar wardane with him had_, 'their warden <who> had with him'; cp.
note to XIII _a_ 36.
158-61. A confused construction. The writer has in mind: (1) 'Of all the
men he had there remained with him only one whom he had not left to
relieve', &c.; and (2) 'There were no members of his company (except
one) whom he had not left', &c.