THE TALE（第21页）

askaunce:thewordnowmeanssidewaysorasquint;hereitmeans"asif;"estthatthesecondfriar，withanostentatiousstealthiness，noteddownthenamesoftheliberal，arsorisons.

agoddeskichelhalfpenny:alittlecakehalfpenny，givenforgodssake.

harlot:hiredservant;fromanglo-saxon，"hyran，"tohire;thewordwasnlyappliedtomales.

potent:staff;french，"potence，"crutch，gibbet.

jevousdissansdoute:french;"itellyouwithoutdoubt."

dortour:dormitory;french，"dortoir."

therulesofstbenedictgrantedpeculiarhonoursandimmunitiestonkswhohadlivedfiftyyears—thejubileeperiod—intheorder.theusualreadingofthewordsendingthetwolinesis"loan"or"lone，"and"alone;"buttowalkalonedoesnotseemtohavebeenanypeculiarprivilegeofafriar，whiletheideaofprecedence，orhigherplaceattableandinprocessions，estedbythereadinginthetext.

borelfolk:laymen，peoplewhoarenotlearned;"borel"wasakindofcoarsecloth.

eli:elijah（1kings，xix.）

anemperorjovinianwasfausinthemediaevallegendsforhisprideand露xury

cormeumeructavit:literally，"myhearthasbelchedforth;"inourtranslation，（i.e.theauthorised"kingjames"version-transcriber）"myheartisindiagoodlymatter."（ps.xlv.1.）."buf"ismeanttorepresentthesoundofaneructation，andtoshowthe"greatreverence"withwhich"thoseinpossession，"thenksoftherichnasteries，performeddivineservice，

nerethouourbrother，shouldestthounotthrive:ifthouwertnotofourbrotherhood，thoushouldsthavenohopeofrecovery.

thomaslifeofind:thelifeofthomasofindia-i.e.st.thomastheapostle，whowassaidtohavetravelledtoindia.

potestate:chiefmagistrateorjudge;latin，"potestas;"italian，"podesta."senecarelatesthestoryofcorneliuspiso;"deira，"i.16.

placebo:anantheftheromanchurch，frompsalmcxvi.9，whichinthevulgatereads，"placebodominoinregionevivorum"—"iwillpleasethelordinthelandoftheliving"

thegysen:senecacallsitthegyndes;sirjohnmandevilletellsthestoryoftheeuphrates."gihon，"wasthenameofoneofthefourriversofeden（gen.ii，13）.

himthatharrowedhell:christ.seenote14tothereevestale.

mr.wrightsaysthat"itwasanpracticetograntundertheconventualsealtobenefactorsandothersabrotherlyparticipationinthespiritualgoodworksoftheconvent，andintheirexpectedrewardafterdeath."

thefriarhadreceivedamastersdegree.

theregularnumberofnksorfriarsinaconventwasfixedattwelve，withasuperior，inimitationoftheapostlesandtheirmaster;andlargereligioushouseswereheldtoconsistofsomanyconvents.