Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for FEBRUARY a. 1906

equivalent to the common soldier in the ranks
The fyrd comprised all males able to bear arms.
Coca small boat, the ancient name for which
has been perpetuated in cock-boat."
PEssoNERs.-t ishing -smacks. The a
corruption of the old French word for fish and fish
ermen, corrupted from the Latin pfSeare and prs
Gator.
CREYER.-A slow, unweldy trading vessel Writ
ten also crare, crayer and cray
:, GALLEAss.-A huge galley, carrying generally
purposes fore and aft with seats amidships for
the rowers, who were frequently the so-caled gal
ley-slaves.
NAKER-A kind of drum, rather kettledrum.
Oddly enough, "nacre," meaning mother Of pearl,
comes from the same ancient root.
CoNIEs.-Rabbits The name was grated into
early English from variety of forms traeeable
back to the Latin word cnnfenins. A number OF
proper names, including Coningsby, Coneybeare,
Cunningham, etc, are oddly enough derived from
the same, and the rabbit is still classihabe as
LepHS cnnfcHIHs.
CHRIsToPHER- a figure of st. Christie
pher carrying the infant Christ. 1t was favorite
like.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters
CIR NIGEL" is a romantic tale of the loves and
y adventures of Nigel Loring, young English
man of heroic ancestry, who took up the sword to
mend the fallen fortunes of his noble house the
after the great plague devastated England in the
fourteenth century.
Nigel and his grandmother are the sole survivors
of the family, and the Cistercian monks of Waiver
Seir easer are pessessons Young Nigel openly op
poses, and finally is forcibly taken prisoner to
Waverley to be tried because he has thrown the
summoner into a morass and destroyed some legal
papers that were being served.
He is sentenced to bread and water for six weeks.
with daily exhortation from the chaplain. The
indignant Squire defies the guards. just as he is
about to be shot down he is joined In his retreat
by Samkin Awkward, bowman. AS the conflict
is about to begin. Sir John Chandos, one of the
most valiant knights of King Edward, arrives in
search of Nigel, announcing that His Majesty is
coming to spend the night at his house.
The enmity of the monks is at once transformed
into servility, and Nigel leaves in the company of
Chandos, followed by Aylward who determines to
be in the young Squire's train.
The royal train draws near to the Loring man
sion; but is halted near the river by Chandos, who
points to an armored mounted figure on the bridge,
as he promises the King and knights some rare
sport.
huge suit of armor, offering to contest the right of
the bridge with any member of the Kings train.
He defeats Widdicombe, Sir Walter Manny,s
Squire. Sir Hubert de Burgh next tries his skill,
but his horse is frightened and runs away with
him. Nanny himself then goes against Nigel with
such force that he knocks him from his horse. The
CONSERVATION of the party pitiable until Nigel is
discovered safely slowed in the lower part of the
huge suit.
The Kings dinner is held with appropriate
eclat. Nigel enlists as Chandos squire, and the
King gives money to buy his war outfit.
He goes to the home of Sir John Buttesthorn
Knight and his daughters Mary and Edith. Edith
has become enamoured of a misshapen knight,
Paul de La Fosse and has gone to his house to marry
him. Nigel follows to rescue her, and defeats
Eosse with dagger against the latter's sword.
Edith then refuses to marry the cripple.
=, On ms way to the sea Nigel is intercepted by
Mary Mary Buttesthorn. and they, go to the shrine OF
ing to do three honorable deeds before returning
to claim his bride. Paul de la Fosse vainly
attempts to waylay Nigel on his march.