Note 309 — SCENE V.

Geoffrey of Monmouth says, "His (Nennius's) funeral exequies were performed with regal pomp, and Cæsar's sword put into the tomb with him, which he kept possession of when struck into his shield in the combat. The name of the sword was Crocea Mors, Yellow Death, as being mortal to everybody that was wounded with it."—Bk. iv. c. 4, Thompson's translation, 1718, p. 102.