Pensacola, the port of that name in Florida

1. 27. Romanceros are short Spanish poems dealing with deeds of chivalry and romance.

1. 28. Chimène was the wife of Don Rodriguez Ruy Diaz de Bivar, otherwise known as the Cid, the hero of the Spanish struggle with the Moors in the eleventh century. According to a legend, he fought in single combat with Don Gcrmaz, the father of Chimène. This tradition is incorporated in Corneille's tragedy of Le Cid, and is the incident referred to hère.

Page 190. 1. 12. losangées de dentelles de bouleau, ' draped in lozenge pattern with lace-like sprays of birch leaves.'

1. 17. oiseau cTArmide, 'a bird fit for Armida.' Armida is one of the chief characters in Tasso's poem of La Oerusalemme liberata. She is the enchantress who endeavours to retain Rinaldo, the bravest of the Crusaders, in the enervating atmosphère of her fairy gardens.