488).

There, to his astonishment, the Translator read: "The formula MARI.IHS.occurs on two finger-rings of silver-gilt, one of which was found at Pluscarden, Elginshire, and the other in an old graveyard near Fintray House, Aberdeenshire." Have we in the Pluscarden ring a relic of the Monk of Pluscarden, the companion of Jeanne d'Arc, the author of "Liber Pluscardensis"?
FOOTNOTES {1} Several copies of this book, the Liber Pluscardensis, are extant, but the author's original MS.

is lost.
{2} This was written after the Act of the Scots Parliament of 1457.
{3} Daggers.
{4} Rude wall surrounding a keep.
{5} Sisters in the rule of St.Francis.
{6} These tricks of sleight-of-hand are attributed by Jean Nider, in his "Formicarium," to the false Jeanne d'Arc .-- A.

L.
{7} Very intimate.
{8} When the sky falls and smothers the larks, {9} This quotation makes it certain that Scott's ballad of Harlaw, in "The Antiquary," is, at least in part, derived from tradition.
{10} This description confirms that of the contemporary town-clerk of La Rochelle.
{11} The staircase still exists.
{12} "My neck would learn the weight of my more solid proportions." {13} Neck.
{14} "Frightened by a ghost." {15} "Airt," i.e."quarter." {16} "Fright for fright." {17} Lameter, a lame.
{18} Bor-brief, certificate of gentle birth.
{19} Howlet, a young owl; a proverb for voracity.
{20} Battle-axe.
{21} Bougran, lustrous white linen.
{22} There are some slight variations, as is natural, in the Fierbois record.
{23} Equipped for battle.
{24} That is, in the "Liber Pluscardensis." {25} Englishman.
{26} Heavy and still.
{27} Daughter of God, go on, and I will be thine aid.

Go on! {28} Lyrat, grey.
{29} The king's evil: "ecrouelles," scrofula.
{30} Darg, day's work.
{31} "Par mon martin," the oath which she permitted to La Hire.
{32} See Appendix A, 'Norman's Miracle,' Appendix B, 'Elliot's Ring.' {33} That in to say, some two thousand combatants.
{34} Echevins--magistrates.
{35} "Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas." {36} Pavises--large portable shelters.
{37} Block-houses.
{38} The Grahames had not yet possessed themselves of Netherby .-- A.