I. un brave homme, a gentleman, a man of honour

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1. 5. la reine épouse, Mary of Modena, second wife of James II.

son fils ^ James, afterwards called the Old Pretender.

1. 6. en Irlande, e.g. at the battle of the Boyne, and elsewhere.

1. 8. que de considération personnelle. See Macaulay's History of England, vol. ili. " When Lauzun went to the cabinet of Louvois to receive instructions, the wise minister held language which showed what little confidence he felt in the vain and eccentric knight errant. *Do not, for God's sake, suffer yourself to be hurried away by your désire of fighting.' " Pp. 584, 585.

1. 33. dtcc de Lorraine. Lorraine was at this time an independent duchy, acknowledging only the supremacy of the Emperor.

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1. I. r esprit des Morlemari. "Lui (le duc de Vivonne), sa femme, ses trois sœurs et ses filles auraient fourni l'Europe d'esprit, et du ton le plus inimitable." (Saint-Simon.)

1. 15. La ruine des Hollandais : it was on this occasion that, through the agency of the Duchess of Orléans, the Treaty of Dover was made, in which Louis XIV and Charles II agreed to make joint war on HoUand. The war broke out in 1672 : see above, vol. i, p. 109.

1. 21. Madame, sa belle-sœur, Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans, wife of the King's brother.