Saint Augustine (354-430) One of the great church fathers, he consolidated the diverse elements of the early church and authored Confessions and The City of God.
Saint Denys a city in northern France.
Saint Mary, the Egyptian A woman who converted to Christianity and fled to the desert, where she lived for forty-seven years without any visible means of food or sustenance. Her situation is compared to Constance's predicament of being three years on a ship without food or sustenance.
Salomon the Book of Solomon x, 25 in the Apocrypha.
Samson the biblical "strong man." He revealed the secret of his strength to Solome, who then betrayed him to his enemies.
Score it on my tally loosely, "add it to my debt." A tally was a stick that was marked, or scored, to show the amunt of a creditor's debt.
Seneca Roman philosopher and writer.
Serpent Masked In Femininity (Serpant Under Femynynytee) Satan, often depicted as a serpent with a woman's face in medieval literature and art.
Shapur king of Persia.
Sheffild (Sheffield) a town in northern England, famous for the quality of its cutlery; thus, one should beware of the Reeve because of the high quality of the Sheffield dagger which he carries in his hose.
simony (symonye) the sin of using the church for personal financial gain, a frequent violation.
Sinon a Greek who persuaded the Trojans to take the Greeks' wooden horse into their city, the result of which was the destruction of Troy.
Solar Hall the name of a large hall at Cambridge University, so named because of its large sunny windows.
Solomon (Salomon) the author of the Book of Proverbs.
St. Helen the mother of Constantine the Great, believed to have found the True Cross.
Strother a town in Scotland, no longer in existence.
Tartary, Surray the name of the kingdom in southeastern Russia near the Chinese border, today it is known as Tartary.
Taurus, the bull the second sign of the zodiac.
Telephus the Mysian king who was wounded by Achilles but also used the magic of Achilles' sword to heal himself.
Termagant a supposed heathen idol.
tertian occurring every third day.
Theodamas a seer of Thebes who trumpeted loudly after any of his prophecies.
Theophrastus (Theofraste) the author of a book on nuptials and sometimes quoted by St. Jerome, the antifeminist.
Three Misfortunes, Thinges Three reference to Proverbs xxx, 21-23.
throstle a song thrush.
Trentals masses sung for a soul in purgatory; this ritual usually consists of one mass a day for thirty days.
Trophee a prophet of the Chaldee.
Trumpyngtoun (Trumpington) a town near Cambridge, England.
Tullius an early king of Rome; he is not well known but both Melibee and Dame Prudence quote him often.
usury (usure) charging interest on money lent, a practice forbidden by canon law.
usury lending money at an exorbitant interest rate
