o. gens d armes, "men-at-arms

1. ai. coulevriniers, men armed with hand-culvcrins or rude muskets — later known as arquebusiers.

cranequiniersy "cross-bowmen," so called ffom the a-anequin or small windlass used for bending the crossbow.

coutilierst "light horsemen," so called from the coutil or long sword they carried.

1. 24. Jean de Calabre, John Duke of Calabria (1434 — 1470) was the son of René of Anjou. In 1453 he became Duke of Lorraine. His life was passed in attempts to recover the dominions of the House of Anjou in Italy. After the War of the Public Weal he was reconciled to Louis XL He was invited to Catalonia by the people, and when on the point of expelling John IL from Aragon, died at Barcelona.

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1. 2. ^embourber, *'to sit down" (literally, to stick in the mud). 1. 3. quHl s*endorptirait, " that he would lose his time."