Marat. Cf. note, p

1. 24. Les opinions plus anglaises que romaines. For gênerai character of the Girondins, cf. note, p. 133, 1. 22.

1. 28. le 10 août. Cf. Sketch of Revolutionary Events. The day on which the déchéance de la monarchie was decreed.

1. 30. La ville de Rouen . . . lui avait offert un asile, &c. In the spring of 1792 the Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, who was govemor of Rouen, devised a plan by means of which the King should escape from Paris and take refuge in Rouen, where the garrison was loyal and the people hated the Jacobins.

1. 39. la rade, the road, roadstead, a place for ships to ride at anchor. Cf. ON. reita, Engl. ride, road.

Page 90. 1. 2. le littoral, the coast line, Lat. litus, litoris.