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98 [The original here has a delightful pun. Gerwazy

misunderstands his lord's high-flown word wassalow (vassals) as

wonsalow (mustachioed champions). A long mustache was the dearest

adornment of a Polish gentleman; compare Gerwazy's description of

Jacek on pages 43 and 115, where wonsal is the title given him in

the original.]

99 [The last three names might be translated, Cuttem, Slashem,

Whackem.]

100 [The buzdygan or mace was the staff of office of certain

subordinate officers in the Polish army, as the bulawa was that

of the hetmans or generals. Each was a short rod with a knob at

the end, but the knob on the bulawa was round, that on the

buzdygan was pear-shaped, with longitudinal notches.]

101 [See note 82.]