Malaga, the third seaport of Spain and capital of

the province of that name in Granada, is situated on the M édité rranean, at the extremity of a fine large bay. In the clearness of its sky and the beauty of its bay it resembles Naples, to which it bas sometimes been compared. The climate is very salubrious. It was taken from the Moors in 1487 by Ferdinand and Isabella, after undergoing ail the horrors of a protracted siégé.

30 8 — La mouette plaintive raser les flots : The plaintive

sea-gull skim along the waves.

30 13 — Les grèves : The sands.

30 24 — Le môle : The pier.

30 26 — Tigré : Speckled.

31 11 — Son flrtnan : His firman. Firman : A royal order

or grant, generally given by the Turkish or other Oriental government for spécial objecta, as to a traveller, to insure him protection or assistance.

31 12 — Sur un vélin précieux : On precious vellum.

31 19 — Une zone de pourpre : A purple girth.

32 3— Cette chevrette du désert : That roe of the desert.

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Page 33 line 10 — L'illustre maison de Foix : The county of Foix, created in 1050, was united to France in 1607. The capital, Foix, situated on the left bank of the river Ariége, in now the capital of the department of Ariége.

Thomas de Foix, seigneur de Lescun, distinguished himself in Italy, and was appointed marshal by Francis I., in 1515. He is reported in history to hâve died a short time after the battle of Pavia, in conséquence of the wounds he had received.

His eldest brother, Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, accompanied Louis XII. in his expédition to Italy, and received so many wounds at the battle of Kavenna, in 1512, that he was left for dead. He also took a prominent part in the battles fought under Francis I., was appointed lieutenant-general of the king in Italy, and died of an infectious disease during the siégé of Naples (1528).

Françoise, Comtesse de Châteaubriant, their sister (1475-1537), was celebrated for her beauty. Taken by her husband to the court, she inspired Francis I. with a great passion ; but after a few years she was supplanted by the “Duchesse d’Etampes,”andremained exposedto the jealousv of her husband, who is reported to hâve hastened her death with poison.

83 15 — Bayard (. Pierre du Terrail , Chevalier de') : One of

the latest représentatives of the ancient chivalry. He was descended from an ancient and noble family iD Dauphiné, and was born in 1476, at the château of Bayard, near Grenoble. He was esteemed by his contemporaries the model of soldiers and men of honour, and denominated “the knight without fear and without reproach . ’ ’ He accompanied Charles VIII. in his expédition to Italy, where he gave remarkable proofs of bis valour, aüd was dangerously wounded at the storming of Brescia. On his return to France he was made lieutenant-general of Dauphiné. He fought by the side of Francis I. at the tremendous battle of Marignan, and that young prince afterwards insisted on being knighted by his hand. He was so much a stranger to the arts of court that he never rose to the chief command, but was called in times of real danger to the post of the greatest difficulty and importance. Thus, in 1524, at the retreat of Rebec, the

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conduct of the rear was committed to the Chevalier Bayard. Putting himself at the head of the men-at-arms, he sustained the shock of the enemy’s whole troops, and enabled the rest of his countrymen to make good their retreat ; but in this service he received a mortal wound, and died on the field of battle, April 30th, 1524, at the âge of forty-eight.

Page 33 line 19 — Qui perdit tout, fors V honneur : An allusion to the celebrated phrase in which Francis I. announced to his mother, Louisa of Savoy, regent of the kingdom in his absence, the melancholy news of his captivity: “Madame, tout est perdu, fors l’honneur !”— Madam, ail is lost, save honour! {Fors, ety. Lat . for is.)

34 9 — Un haut-de-chausses de buffle, et un pourpoint de

même couleur : Buff breeches, and a doublet of the same colour.

34 13 — Une f raise de dentelle : Â ruff of lace.

37 13 — Rends-moi raison des larmes : Give me satisfaction

for the tears.

37 25 — Qui lui donne l'accolade : Who dubs him a knight.

38 15 — Ils prirent aussitôt du champ : They at once took

their positions.

38 18 — Ses armes, trempées à Damas : His arms tempered

at Damascus. Damas, the capital of Syria ; once very celebrated for its manufacture of arms ; but the art of making them is no longer known or practised in that city.

41 13 — Sanctuaire : Chancel,

42 11 — Quelque faveur signalée : Some signal favour.

43 21 — U en est fait : It is done now.

44 16 — Pélasge : King of Asturias, and one of the heroes

of Spain. After the defeat of Xeres (711), he put himself at the head of the Christians who had taken refuge in the mountains of Calabria, and at the end. of some vears rushed ail of a sudden upon the Moors, whom he routed (718) ; after which he took the title of king and founded Oviedo.

44 17 — Gonzalve de Cordova : Gonzalve of Cordova, sur-

named the Great Captain, a Spanish General, born in 1443 at Montilla, near Cordova, signalised himself at first against the Moors, from whom he took Granada (1492). Later on he assured to Spain the possession of the kingdom of Naples, of which he was appointed the governor; but having been calumniated by some courtiers, jealous of his power, he was

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orderea to leave Naples, and died in disgrâce at Granada (1515).

Tage 44 line 21 — Nous ne savons pas peindre An allusion to tlie following fable : —