[97] Benedict Abbas, _Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi_: "Praedicti vero reges in susceptione crucis ad distinguendam gentem suam signum evidens providerunt. Nam rex Franciae et gens sua cruces rubeas susceperunt, et rex Angliae et gens sua cruces albas susceperunt, et comes Flandriae cum gente sua cruces virides suscepit." [98] _Les Us et Coutumes de la Mer._ [99] _Exchequer Accounts_, 3/15. Rotulus forinsecus de guerra Walliae anno regni regis Edwardi quinto. "Flind. Die martis in Festo Sancti Laurentii [pro tribus peciis de Buckeram et tribus peciis telae de Aylesham emptis per manus Admeti cissoris ad faciendum C Braceria et xx*xj penuncella de Armis sancti Georgii et pro emendendum et sudendum eorundem Bracerium et penuncellorum. ci s vi d. Item pro sex peciis telae de Aylesham emptis ad faciendum Braceria et penuncella pro peditibus Regis per manus eiusdem A. xx s. Item pro cl ulnis telae tinctae emptis pro eodem c s. Item pro custura cxx penuncellorum de Armis sancti Georgii per manus eiusdem A. xxiij s] (_other similar entries for material for Bracers_) ... pro tribus Stemeris emptis ad fracandum intus arma Regis vij s. vj d." [100] _Vide_ Nicolas, _Siege of Carlaverock_. [101] _Prologue to the Canterbury Tales_, II. 108 et seq. [102] Nicolas, _Roll of Carlaverock_. [103] Henry Chicheley. [104] I.e. fighting against ghostly enemies. [105] Wilkins, _Concilia_, III, 375: "Hujus itaque dispositionis ex clementissima et benignissima Dei Salvatoris nostri misericordia procedentis consideratione, nationis Anglicanae plebs fidelis, etsi Deum in sanctis suis omnibus laudare ex debito teneatur, ipsum tamen, ut orbis affatus, ipsaque gratiae desuper concessae experientia, rerum cunctarum interpres optima, attestantur, in suo martyre gloriosissimo, beato Georgio, tanquam patrone et protectore dictae nationis speciali, summis tenentur attollere vocibus, laudibus personare praecipuis et specialibus honoribus venerari. Hujus namque, ut indubitanter credimus, interventu, nedum gentis Angligenae armata militia contra incursus hostiles bellorum tempore regitur, sed et pugna cleri militaris inermis in sacrae pacis otio sub tanti patroni suffragio celebriter roboratur." [106] In the MS. they are dated xvii July, but this is apparently an error for xxvii. [107] Twiss, _The Black Book of the Admiralty_, I, 456. [108] _Ibid._ I, 464. [109] _Exchequer Accounts_, 4/26. [110] Rymer, _Foedera_, II, 759 and Marsden, _Law and Custom of the Sea_ (N.R.S.), I, 46. [111] Printed in _Lettres des Rois, etc._ (Documents inédits sur l'histoire de France) I, 392, and in part by Mr Marsden (_op. cit._ I, 50). See also p. 160. [112] _Exchequer Accounts_, 30/16. [113] _Exchequer Accounts_, 49/29. [114] B. M. _Cott. Aug._ I, ii, 57^{b.} [115] Plate I, fig. 14. [116] _Cott. Julius_ E. IV. [117] _Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots and other early Memorials of Scottish History_ (Rolls Series), Preface, clix.