_Speculum Regale_, 6–9, 17, 19, 22, 25, 43, 45, 49, 50, 56, 59, 61, 66, 68–70, 74, 101 note; _see King’s Mirror_. _Speculum Regis_, 8. _Speculum Regum_, 8. _Speculum Stultorum_, 7. Sperm, 124. Sperm whale, 121. Springs, Marvelous, 107. Staff slings, 213, 215, 221. Steenstrup, I. Japetus S., Danish scientist, 137 note. Stephen, Athenian judge, 309–313. Stockholm, 82 note. Storm, Gustav, Norwegian historian, 62. Strindsea, Battle of, 58. Suibhne Geilt, Irish legendary character, 116 note. Sulphur, Use of, in warfare, 215, 225. Sun, The, office of, 87, 300; effect of, on the winds, 87–89, 158–160; changes in the course of, 92–99, 104, 149, 155, 156; influence of, on climate, 96–99. Surcingle, 218. Sverre, Norwegian king, 34, 37–39, 47, 54–61. Sweden, 3, 4, 30, 65. Swords of kings and bishops, 364–366. Sylvester, pope and saint, 241. Table service and manners, 80, 210, 211, 227, 228. Tar, Use of, in warfare, 225 Tara, 113 note; _see_ Themar. Tarquin, Roman citizen, 310, 311, 313, 314. Thegn, King’s, 61. Thegn money, 168, 171. Themar, Irish borough, 113–115, 308, 312, 314. Theodoric, 3. Theodosius II, Roman emperor, 316 note. Thieves, The two, at the crucifixion, 282, 285. Thomas Aquinas, medieval philosopher and theologian, 2. Tides, 12, 16, 17, 83, 86, 92–94. Time, Divisions of, 11, 16, 93–95. Tools for ship repairs, 84. _Topographia Hibernica_ of Giraldus Cambrensis, 22, 23. Torment, Places of, in Sicily and Iceland, 130, 131. Towers for siege warfare, 215, 216, 221, 225. Trebuckets, siege engines, 220, 222. Trondhjem, 26, 46, 59, 64, 66; _see_ Nidaros. Truth, divine virgin, 252, 254, 255, 257–259, 278, 279, 281, 283, 285, 287, 324. Tunis, 31. Turnpikes for use in defensive warfare, 223. Ulster, 107 note. Unas, a Faroese, 37. Unger, Carl R., editor of the _King’s Mirror_, 68. Ur, Hebrew high priest, 280, 284. Uriah, Hebrew warrior, 53, 281, 322–325, 328. Utrecht, 28. Vaag, fishing village in Lofoten, 98. Valdemar the Victorious, Danish king, 3, 4, 31. Valladolid, 31. Vashti, Persian queen, 237, 238, 240, 243, 244. Venomous animals unable to live in Ireland, 106. Vincent of Beauvais, encyclopedist, 5. Volcanic fires, 17, 21, 126–129, 130, 131. Vows and promises, when to be kept and when broken, 353–357. _Vulgate_, 9. Wadmol, cloth for sail repair, 84. Walrus, 21, 140, 141. “War-beams,” 215. Warfare, Private, 50, 231. Weapons suitable for warfare on land, 213, 214, 217–226; on board ships, 214–217. Whalebone, 124. Whales, 18, 21, 119–124, 139, 140, 145. White bears, 143. White whale, 120. William, king’s chaplain, 29, 57. William of Sabina, cardinal, 31, 55. Willow, Miracle of the, 112, 113. Winds, Covenant of the, 87–89, 158–161; importance of, in navigation, 150, 160.