Étaient attachés à, depended upon

7. See Diodorus of Sicily, Lib. XIII., ch. xix.-xxxiii. Gylippus, a Spartan gênerai of the fifih century B.C., who delivered Syracuse from the hands of the Athenians. He spent his éloquence in persuading the Syracusans to spare their captives. Subsequently he took part in the taking of Athens itself, and vvas condemned to death for having attempted to appropriate a share of the spoil committed to his charge. He only escaped death by voluntary exile.

8. The name Parlement was formerly given to the high courts of justice in France. The most important was the Parlement de Paris ; there were twelve others. États généraux, meeting of représentatives of nobility, clergy, bourgeoisie, under the ' ancien régime.' The États généraux of 1789 started the French Révolution. Assemblées de Notables, meetings convoked by the Kings of France, under difficult circumstances, and composed of princes, clergy, nobility and tiers-état. There were very few of them. The most important was that which took place on February 22, 1787.