[17] The terms 'coude' and 'genouillière', 'palette', and such-like words of French origin, are open to some objection in an English work when 'elbow-cop', 'knee-cop', or 'poleyne' and 'rondel' can be substituted. They are only employed here because of their general use in armouries at the present day, and because the English words are of rarer occurrence and are less likely to be met with by those beginning the study of armour. 'Cuisse' and 'cuissard', however, are always used for the thigh-pieces, and no anglicized term is found in contemporary writings unless it be 'Quysshews.' [18] _Arch. Journ._, lx. [19] _Archaeologia_, vol. lvii; _Arch. Journ._, vol. iv. [20] _Arch. Journ._, vol. lx. [21] Boeheim, _Meister der Waffenschmiedkunst_; De Cosson, _Arch. Journ._, vol. xlviii. [22] _Arch. Journ._, lx. [23] G. Chastelain, p. 679. [24] _Arch. Journ._, xxxvii. [25] Oliver de la Marche, p. 288. [26] N.E. Dict, gives Armette, a diminutive of Arme. Armez is also found. [27] Paris, 1606, fol. 42. See Cat. of Helmets, _Arch. Journ._, xxxvii. [28] _Arch. Journ._, xxxvii. [29] The term _Bufe_ is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron. [30] _Monumenta Vetusta_, vol. vi. [31] This is _not_ the 'garde-rein'. See p. 62. [32] That this fashion in helmets was a general one we may judge from the fact that most armouries possess examples of these human-faced helmets. [33] This suit is shown with the brayette attached; which for obvious reasons is exhibited in most armouries separate from the suit. [34] Considered to be the same as Topf. [35] '... granz gisarmes esmolues' (_Roman de Rou_, l. 12907). '... gisarmes lunges è lées' (ib., l. 13431). [36] _Monumenta Vetusta_, vol. vi.