capuchon : the ' hood ' or ' cowl

1. 20. alguazil : an inferior officer of justice, a ' constable '. grands, i. e. ' grandees '.

1. 24. commère, in ita strict sensé of ' godmother '. Such a marriage was of course an ecclesiastical ofEence.

I. 26. Notre-Dame d'Atocha : La Atocha is a church in Madrid, the scène of certain reUgious cérémonies attended by the Court.

1. 27. frères hiéronymites : ' hermits of St. Jérôme,' a Spanish roligious order.

1. 32. Familiers, ' famihara ' : the subordinate oflficers of the Inquisition. It is said that they numbered 20,000 in the sixteenth centuiy.

1. 33. Hermandad, a Spanish word meaning ' brotherhood ' : hère the name of an association formed in the fifteenth century for mutual defence against malefactors, with officers to carry eut its orders.

Page 115. 1. 10. meltre quelqu'un sur la voie or les voies = lui donner des renseignenients, des indications nécessaires.