le.

[Illustration: KEIM-AN-EIGH.]

[Illustration: WICKLOW MOUNTAINS.]

FOOTNOTES:

[285] _Irish Brooch_.--The brooch figured above is of great antiquity.
It was found in the Ardkillen crannoge, near Strokestown, county
Roscommon. The original is in the Royal Irish Academy, and is considered
the finest specimen of bronze workmanship in the collection.

[286] _Standing_.--Four Masters, vol. iii. p. 5, note _m_.

[287] _Mills_.--Dame-street derived its name from a dam or mill-stream
near it. There was also the gate of Blessed Mary del Dam. The original
name was preserved until quite recently. In the reign of Charles I. the
Master of the Rolls had a residence here, which is described as being
"in a very wholesome air, with a good orchard and garden leading down to
the water-side."--Gilbert's _Dublin_, vol. ii. p. 264. In fact, the
residences here were similar to those pleasant places on the Thames,
once the haunts of the nobility of London.

[288] _Peacocks_.--To serve a peacock with its feathers was one of the
grandest exploits of mediaeval cookery. It was sown up in its skin after
it had been roasted, when it was allowed to cool a little. The bird then
appeared at the last course as if alive. Cream of almonds was also a
favourite dainty. Indeed, almonds were used in the composition of many
dishes; to use as many and as various ingredients as possible seeming to
be the acme of gastronomy. St. Bernard had already loudly condemned the
_bon vivants_ of the age. His indignation appears to have been
especially excited by the various methods in which eggs were cooked. But
even seculars condemned the excesses of Norman luxuries, and declared
that the knights were loaded with wine instead of steel, and spits
instead of lances.

[289] _Henri-curt-mantel_.--A soubriquet derived from the short mantle
he constantly wore.

[290] _Good_.--Even the infidel Voltaire admitted that the Popes
restrained princes, and protected the people. The Bull _In Coena Domini_
contained an excommunication against those who should levy new taxes
upon their estates, or should increase those already existing beyond the
bounds of right. For further information on this subject, see Balmez,
_European Civilization, passim._ M. Guizot says: "She [the Church] alone
resisted the system of castes; she alone maintained the principle of
equality of competition; she alone called all legitimate superiors to
the possession of power."--_Hist. Gen. de la Civil