One purse, of cloth of gold, containing two Jerusalem stones. One silver bit, and four gilt buttons, and two _lions_ for each, of leather. One old seal cut, and a stone of chalcedony. Three silver forks for eating pears. One white girdle of silver lace. One _chapelet de Paris_, value six sols eight deniers. In a bag, one burnished bacinet and vizor (_od surcils_). In another bag, one pair trappings with the arms of said Piers. Two surcoats of velvet for covering armour. One bridle for palfrey, with the King’s arms. Four shirts and three kerchiefs _de Gascoigne_ embroidered. An old banner with the arms of said Piers. Forty-one stallions and hunters, and one palfrey. Nine sumpter-horses. Two cart-horses. Two carts and all the harness. [155] Siege of Carlaverock, by Walter of Exeter. [156] Vide, Siege of Carlaverock, edited by N. H. Nicolas, Esq. Transcribers’ Notes Variations in punctuation, spelling, and hyphenation have been retained except as noted below. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks have been retained except as noted below. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines have been retained. Black Letter text is represented here as =boldface=. Primary footnotes have been placed into a single ascending sequence and are identified by number. Footnotes to footnotes have been placed into a single ascending sequence and are identified by letter. Text uses “Bagamont” and “Bagimont”, “control” and “controul”, “Dunbarton” and “Dumbarton”; “Riccardtoun”, “Richardtown”, and “Riccardtown”. Page 14: Missing closing quotation mark added after “overwhelmed the lances”; it may belong further down, after “lanceas funderent”. Page 56: may have two footnote 3’s; they’ve been combined here. Page 59: “vallies” was printed that way. Page 65: Missing closing quotation mark added after “captivity of William.” Page 76: “16th March 1285-6” was printed that way. Footnote 38, referenced on page 77: missing closing quotation mark has not been remedied. Page 80: Possibly missing opening double-quotation mark in paragraph beginning “The whole assembly stood motionless” not remedied. Page 111: Opening double-quotation mark added at beginning of poem. Footnote 71, referenced on page 139: Missing opening quotation mark or extraneous closing quotation mark; not remedied. Page 182: Extraneous opening quotation mark removed just before “Have you forgot”. Page 209: Closing single quotation mark added at the end of the diary entries. Page 213: Missing closing quotation mark added after “Uagh na riogh”. Footnotes 135 and 137, referenced on page 266: Missing opening quotation mark added at the beginning of each. Footnotes 138 and 141, referenced on page 268: Missing opening quotation mark added at the beginning. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Life of Sir William Wallace of Elderslie, Vol. I (of II), by John D. Carrick