la terrible journée des carrosses. See p

1. 39. manchettes de bottes. Une manchette de botte was a pièce of canvas fastened round the knee to prevent the breeches from being worn away by those wearing very tall boots.

Page 92. 1. 31. de Clodion, de Chilpéric, de Dagobert. Clodion, surnamed the Hairy, is reckoned as the second king of united France. He died in 448. Chilpéric I, son of Clotaire I, King of Soissons, is the hero of early French history. He died in 584. For Dagobert see note to p. 58, 1. 30.

1. 34. comtesses de Chateaubriand. The first two of thèse court-favourites were the mistresses of Francis I. Gabrielle d'Estrées was the mistress of Henri IV. Mlle de la Vallière and Mme de Montespan were the court-favourites of Louis XIV.

Page 93. 1. 15. m'abat la main sur le garrot, ' brings down my hand on its withers.'

1. 28. des rois chevelus. This was a title given to the Merovingian or First Dynasty of French monarchs. Clodion, referred to above, was a member of this dynasty.