seneschal "An official in the household of a sovereign or great noble, to whom the administration of justice and entire control of domestic arrangements were entrusted." (OED). subscribe sign. every each. strangers, foreigners. appertained belonged. inquest enquiry. paps breasts. subversion overthrow. light alight. dissembled disguised. sapiens iramque corcet, . . . retia mittat. . . . the wise man contains his anger;
often he will even from self-interest grant concessions,
using calming words he tames the furious, and seduces an enemy
with sweet blandishments, until he catches him in in his net. Palingenius, Liber IV, 815-8. was become. had gone. bridle him rein him in. appertained belonged. without regard had . . . same appeal, without consideration of this matter. taken upon him the cross, has chosen to go on crusade. which for money . . . or wrong, who accepted money to support any man's cause, without caring whether it was right or wrong. straitly strictly. out of hand immediately. contumacy impertinence, stubbornness. prescript. command. tall men brave, skilled men. Rochester A fortification approximately 40km west of London. "Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway" (english-heritage.org.uk). three score sixty. Nevertheless . . . lives withal. This passage is omitted from the transcription on the Holinshed Project site (February 2011). limbs limb, "A projecting section of a building, e.g. the outworks of a castle" (OED 1.4.b). Maior nulla quidem . . . sanguine dextram. The greatest are those one wins at war. ruthlessly to handle the terrible weapons of Mars. to sully one's right in enemy blood. Palingenius, Liber X, 268, 264-5 (quoted out of order). river of These, the Tweed. instant suit insistent request. Brabanders soldiers from Brabant in Belgium. complices allies. composition, compromise, bargain. stay stop, abandon. Cui si quando . . . cohibetur habenis, If God, one day, gave to [the ideal ruler] the direction of government, and the glory of power, then would come golden years, then virtue would flower and Astraea would return peace would reign and vice be reined firmly under control. Palingenius, Liber IX, 542-5. Astraea was a daughter of Zeus (she is the constellation Virgo that holds the scales of justice); she fled the earth at the end of the iron age because of its corruption. Her return will signal a new golden age. bare too low a sail, aimed too low. foolified made foolish sithens as an . . . royal dignity since as an enemy to the crown of his own country. prerogative royal, the generic privileges of the crown. article principle. quindene the fourteenth day after a festival. procurator agent or deputy. remained only alive . . . and sisters was the only brother or sister of Henry II still alive. suffer permit. prevent the legate, arrive before the legate. put some doubt in mistrusted. assuring them to . . . to pass assuring them that he would ensure that events so occured. Cur vincit opinio verum? because rumor conquers truth. verily in truth. hard hold a struggle. fautors followers, adherents. complices, associates. Grandia quae aggreditur fortis discrimina virtus! the worthy courage of he who throws himelf into great danger. Palingenius, Liber IV, 549. obeisance of obedience to. refelled refuted. again, for that also because. Asperius nihil est . . . in altum) Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position. ClaudianusIn Eutropium. I. 181. falconish falcon-like. proxies deputies. sequestered cut off. benefices livings, revenues and privileges. to the behoof of on behalf of. constrained forced. quarrel arrow from a crossbow. upon safeguard thereof, to protect it from invasion. lineage family and successors. opened unto passed on to. hard enterprises, difficult tasks. espials spies.