toute sa milice, * ail the heavenly host
SI. les goddem, or godons^ a nickname for the English in vogue during the i5th century, and said to be derived from their national^ oath. Goddem may be regarded either as a proper name, or as a compound Word, équivalent to Dieu-damne; in either case it is unaltered in the plural. See Eve § 36 and Accidence § 5a a,
22. une fols aux Anglais, * Orléans once in English hands,' the 'accusative absolute' construction. See Eve § 118. For the dative (of possession), see Eve § 148.
35. dans le Dauplilné. Dauphiné, in the south-east of France, was the appanage of the king's eldest son, who was hence called Dauphin. Charles VII was still called the Dauphin, not having been crowned at Reims.