enthousiasme crédule : see Introduction

avaient : verb in plural, because it refers to two subjunctives in the singular.

Saint Ambroise : born at Milan 340 ; became Archbishop of Milan in 374 ; held in great honour by the Emperor Valentinian. He was the author of se\eral works against the Arians. He died 397.

,, 15. prince des apôtres, i.e. Peter (Saint Pierre). , , 19. courroux : only used in elevated style for colère.

,, 26. Pierre Barthélemi, chaplain to Raymond of Toulouse, who tiadcd niuch on the visions of this priest. Arnold, the chaplain of Bohemond, denied the genuineness of the vision. Peter appealed to the ordeal of firc, in enduring which he received fatal injuries.

,, 28. saint André, the brother of St. Peter and the first disciple. He is supposcd to hâve been martyred at Patrae, in Achaia, A. D. 62.