Лучшие произведения Джерома К. Джерома / The Best of Jerome K. Jerome

C a ssivelaunus – British chieftain, leader of the Catuvellauni tribe that resisted Caesar’s invasion of Britain (54 bc)

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willo’thewisps – phosphorescent lights floating at night on marshy ground

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’Arrys and ’Arriets – evidently, “Harrys and Harriets”, pronounced in the way folk did

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Lor’ – Lord

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ain’t – isn’t

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’ere ain’t

– here isn’t (illiterate English)

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’ware wheat – ware = beware; wheat = corn

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Angels and ministers of grace defend us – from “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare (Act 1, Scene 4)

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King John – (nick-name John Lackland, 1167–1216). John faced a rebellion by many of his barons who were not satisfied with his ruling. The following story in the book refers to how King John had to sign the Magna Carta (the document limiting his powers) in 1215

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billmen – foot soldiers armed with billhooks (originally developed from a farming tool, and consisting of an axe and hook on a long pole)

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yester eve – yesterday evening

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Henry VIII is said to have waited for and met Anne Boleyn

– Henry Tudor, King of England, married six times, beheaded two of his wives and was the prime mover of the English Reformation. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII (married in 1533)

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the Irish question is how to deal with the Irish uprisings and calls for independence from Britain, as from 1801 to 1921 it was a part of the UK

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Edward the Confessor – one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England (1003–1066), ruling from 1042 to 1066

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Earl Godwin – a large landowner in England. Although an Anglo-Saxon, Godwin decided to support the Dane, Cunate the Great, when he became king of England in 1016. Cunate appointed Godwin as the Earl of Wessex

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August Bank Holiday – the summer bank holiday was introduced in 1871 and originally intended to give bank employees the opportunity to participate and attend cricket matches. Nowadays for many people the summer bank holiday marks the end of summer as it is on the last Monday of August

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Marlow Manor owned Saxon Algar for its lord, ere conquering William seized it to give to Queen Matilda, ere it passed to the Earls of Warwick or to worldly-wise Lord Paget, the councillor of four successive sovereigns.  – Aelfgar III was a great Saxon thane; ere = before; conquering William = William the Conqueror (1028–1087), the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087; Queen Matilda (1102–1167), the daughter and heir of King Henry I of England. Earl of Warwick is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the United Kingdom. William, Lord Paget (1506–1563), Keeper of the Seals, councilor of Henry VIII, Mary, Charles V, Elisabeth

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Knights Templar(s)

– in other words, the Order of the Temple or the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon; well-known medieval military and religious order finally suppressed for its power and wealth

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Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) – the fourth wife of King Henry VIII

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Warwick, the king-maker – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), an English nobleman and Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster. His political connections were great. He was one of the Yorkist leaders in the Wars of the Roses, and took part in the deposition of two kings

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a nd Salisbury, who did good service at Poitiers – Salisbury was the father of Warwick; Poitiers was a city in central France, scene of the battle (1356) in which the English defeated the French

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from the times of King Sebert and King Offa – King Sebert (604–616), King of Essex, the first East Saxon Christian king; King Offa was the King of Mercia (757–796) who constructed an earthwork between Wales and Mercia

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Medmenham monks, or Hell Fire Club was sort of a cross between the Dead Poets Society and a risqué Playboy club.

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Wilkes

– John Wilkes (1725–1797) was an English radical politician and journalist.

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Lowther Arcade – a store where one could buy children’s toys

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revictualled – supplied provisions

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Henley wee k – time for Henley Royal Regatta

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beanfeast – a celebrating party with plenty of food and drink, given to workpeople by their employer

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Messrs. Cubit’s – Thomas Cubitt (1788–1855), the leading master builder in England

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Bermondsey Good Templars – charitable organization on the excursion

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