60. QUASNAM] Money of what country or of what coinage. The common difficulty of travellers was then increased by the variety of coinages in circulation within the same country. A further trouble was that through use or 'clipping' one coin might differ from another of the same value; and 'light' coins were always liable to be weighed and refused. 65. POSTULATUM] A particular kind of florin. Mr. Shilleto suggests that the name is connected with _pistolet_ (or _pistole_), a French coin of this period. 67. SCUTATUM] A crown, Fr. écu; in l. 136 one of these is specified. 74. ACCEDEBANT] At this point the narrative reverts to 31 Jan. It is resumed again at l. 128. 88. CORONATI AUREI] gold crowns. 91. VACUAM] A ruse to pretend that the purse was hardly worth keeping. 96. RELIGIONI] 31 Jan. 1500 was a Friday; a day commonly observed by fasting. 100. SIBILIS] 'in whispers.' 107-8. AD LAEVAM] _sc_. manum. 111. SICUT MEUS, &c.] Hor. _Sat_. l. 9. 1, 2. 118. HUC] Apparently not the house mentioned in l. 114. 119, 20. QUOD ... ACCEPTUS FUISSEM] _me acceptum fuisse_ would be more usual. 144. CEDO] _ce[*]do_, not _ce[*]do_. [* i.e. short 'e', not long. Transcriptor.] 151. VIRGINIA MATRIS PURGATIO] The Feast of the Purification; 2 Feb. 179, 80. QUID MULTA?] _sc_. dicam. 186. GALLICE] _sc_. loqui. 201. DONEC] lit. 'until'; here marks the final action to be taken, when any suspicions on the part of their companions had been allayed. INDUSIATI] Strictly 'wearing an under-garment' (_indusium_); so here 'partially dressed'. 217. HORA NOCTIS UNDECIMA] About 5 a.m.; according to the Roman reckoning, in which the day began at sunrise. 219. QUID MULTIS?] _sc_. verbis opus est. 228. EXISTIMARET] An example of 'contamination', i.e. the combination, through confusion of thought, of two constructions, either of which would be correct. The idea in the robber's mind here could be expressed equally well by 'nisi quod nos quam pecuniosissimi essemus', the subjunctive indicating not a fact but only his opinion; or by 'nisi quod nos quam pecuniosissimos esse existimabat', where the opinion is definitely stated. By 'contamination' with _essemus_, _existimabat_ is put into the subjunctive. Cf. Cic. _Off_. l. 13 'Rediit paulo post, quod se oblitum nescio quid diceret'. 230. MINUSCULUM] 'Just too small a sum.' 233. DUODENARIOS] Coins worth 12 pence; douzains. 234. divum Dionysium] St. Denis, 4-1/2 miles from Paris: which seems to have been regarded as practically the end of the journey. 235. LANCES] Cf. l. 60 n. 258. PONDERI] The weight used in the scales; not as in l. 256. 264. IN HIS] 'in these modern coins.' 268. INTELLEGERET] Cf. l. 228 n. 272. NIMIS QUAM] _quam_ strengthens _nimis_, as freq. in Plautus. 291. AD SACRUM] To mass, in the monastery opposite. X