Note 35 — BOOK I.

Here the landlord was more selfish than observant of the customs of chivalry; for knights were actually exempted from all expence whatever; except when damages were awarded against them in a court of justice; and in that case they paid for their rank. This they looked upon as a mark of their pre-eminence; in consequence of which, at the siege of Dun le Roy, in the year 1411, each knight was ordered to carry eight fascines, while the squire was quit for half the number.