admis de droit, admitted as a matter of right

1. 40. la mort &=€. He was murdered by Ravaillac May 14, t6io.

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1. I. la faiblesse &^c. Eouis XIII was a minor, and the government was disputed between Maria de' Medici, the régent, and the Duke of Condé with other nobles.

1. 5. à r imitation ^c. The "circles"in Germany were districts marked out for the purpose of military organisation.

1. 16. à la haine contre les favoris. Thèse favourites were (i) Concino-Concini, marshal d'Ancre, murdered in 1616; (2) Charles d'Albert, duke de Luynes, constable of France, d. 1621; (3) Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, marquis de Cinq-Mars, beheaded in 1642.

1. 27. pour les avoir commandes = parce qu''il les avait commandés.