reçu, an accepted principle

1. 10. qu'il s'agit d' tin pays, âr'c., that a foreign state is concerned.

1. 14. préfets-rois, prefect-kings, i.e. kings ^vho are no more than prefects : cf. Europe France, p. 12, 1. 3, and note.

1. 16. soi-disant, so-called ; the meaning is that they are only nominally allies, but really subjects.

1. 1 7. ott les ménage, &'c. , they are treated less scrupulously.