[Footnote 87: In the Fl. Ms. the Norwegians are said to have entered
the transport.]

[Footnote 88: Fl. MS., Five hundred.]

[Footnote 89: Perus or Pherus (_orig._), probably Fergus.]

[Footnote 90: A quotation from Giraldus's account of the Irish will
both illustrate this passage & the antient method of fighting.
"Utuntur--securibus quoque amplis, fabrili diligentiâ optimè
chalybatis, quas a Norwegiensibus & Oustmannis sunt mutuati. Unâ
tantum manu, & non ambabus, securi percutiunt, pollice desuper
manubrium in longum extenso ictu regente, a quo nec galea, caput, in
conum erecta, nec reliquum corpus ferrea loricæ tricatura tuetur. Unde
& in nostris contigit temporibus totam militis coxam ferro utcunque
fideliter vestitam, uno securis ictu præcisam fuisse, ex unâ equi
parte coxâ cum tibiâ, ex altera verò, corpore cadente moribundo.
Lapides quoque pugillares, cum alia arma defecerint, hostibus in
conflictu damnosissimos, præ alia gente promptius, & expeditius ad
manum habent."]

[Footnote 91: Knights at their creation were invested with belts
ornamented with gems. See Malmsb., book 2, chap. 6.]

[Footnote 92: A district of Norway.]

[Footnote 93: Melanzeiar (_orig._). Fl. Ms. Melas eyiar, perhaps the
island of Lamlash or Alisa.]

[Footnote 94: Mylar-Kalf (_orig._). Among the Norwegians a small