Journée, "day*s joumey
Page 67. — i. La Duchesse de Mercoeur, Jeanne de Savoie, second wife of Nicholas, Count of Vaudemont, Duke of Mercoeur. Her son was the celebrated Philippe-Emmanuel of Lorraine, Duke of Mercoeur.
2. A toute bride, " at full speed." A similar phrase is à bride abattue.
Page 70. — I. Que tout ce qu'il 7 a jamais eu de femmes »u monde, " than any woman who has ever lived." The neuter relative in a personal sensé is not infrequently used by Madame de la Fayette (see page 16, Une 29).
Page 72. — i. Je ne vous saurois croire, " I cannot believe you." (" In the conditional and pluperfect savoir is employed iox pouvoir P — Littré.)
Page 79. — i. Le Connétable, Anne, Duke of Montmorency (1492- 156;^. He distinguished himself during the wars of Francis I. and was made Constable in 1 538. Some time after he was banished from the Court and retired to his estâtes till the accession of Henry IL, when he was again invested with his former dignities. During the wars of religion he commanded the royal army against the Huguenots, and was fatally wounded at Saint-Denis.
2. Le Prince d'Orange (1533-1584)- William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, founder of the Republic of Holland, was the son of William the Old, Count of Nassau. In 1 544 he received the title of Prince of Orange. He was brought up at the Court of Charles V., and in 1554 was placed in command of the army in Flanders. He won the confidence of the Emperor. and was sent into France to hasten the Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis, Philip IL, however, was not favorably disposed toward the Prince, and appointed the Duke of Alva as governor in the Netherlands ; the cruelties of the latter drew upon him the opposition of the people, and the Prince of Orange made himself their leader. The removal of Alva was accompanied by a temporary withdrawal of the Spanish forces ; upon their return, the Prince again took the people's part, and, on January 29, 1579, induced them to adopt the famous treaty called the Union of Utrecht, which forms the foundation of the liberties of Holland. After varions attempts had been made against the life of the Prince, he was at length assassinated at Delft.
Page 80. — z. Elle n'avoit pas le jour au visage, ** her face was in the dark."
Page 85. — x. Cette seule curiosité, " that curiosity alone." (See also page 1 26, Une 1 5 : /a seule bienséance.)
Page 90. — I. L'Évêché, the Episcopal Palace.
2. L'Hôtel de Villeroy, a palace on the Rue des Poulies. It was built in the middle of the thirteenth century by Alphonse, brother of St. Louis. From 142 1 it was called V Hôtel d^Alençon. At the beginning of the sixteenth century it passed into the hands of Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy, and took the name of r Hôtel de Villeroy, It was sold in 1568 to the Duke of Anjou (afterwards Henry III.), and for some time was oalled after him. Later on it was greatly improved and partly rebuilt by the Duchess of Longueville, and since then has been known as l* Hôtel de Longueville.
Page 91. — I. Grand-maître, " major-domo."
a. panetier, " head butler," from an old verb paneter^ " to make bread," from Latin panis.
3. Échanson, " cup-bearer," from Low Latin scancio = " I pour out to drink." Thèse ancient menial offices were revived and bestowed upon the highest courtiers at the time of the establishment of the Court.
4. Machines, " devices " ; they were spectacular représentations of ail kinds.
5. incarnat, "incamadine," a color about midway between cherry and rose.
6. Brantôme writes : " Monsieur de Nemours wore yellow and black, two colors which were very suitable to him, signifying as they do, joy and steadfastness ; for he was at that time (so it was rumored) enjoying the favor of one of the most beautiful ladies in the world, and therefore he ought to be steadfast and faithful to her by good reason."
Page 92. — i . " Thèse four princes were the best men-at-arms to be found anywhere . . . and it could not be told to whom spécial glory was to be given ; yet the king was one of the best and most skilful horsemen in the realm" (Brantôme, iv., 104).
2. Avoit fourni sa carrière, " had run over the course," an expression of the toumament. Similar phrases are : franchir la carrière^ " to run the distance " ; arriver au bout de la carrière^ " to reach the goal " ; parcourir la carrière, etc. ; thèse expressions are now used in a figurative sensé. The carrière is a pièce of ground enclosed by barriers and arranged for races.
3. Le comte de Montgomery. Gabriel de Montgomery was the eldest son of Jacques de Montgomery, Seigneur de Lorges. He took a prom-
inent part in political affairs under Francis I., and in 1545 was sent to Scotland with some troops to render aid to Mary of Lorraine. After the unfortunate encounter with Henry II., he retired to his estâtes in Normandy. At the outbreak of the wars of religion, he took the part of the Protestants against the Crown, was présent at the taking of Rouen, and narrowly avoided being captured. He was in Paris at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and saved himself by flight. Shortly after, he made his way to Ëngland, and in 1573 appeared before La Rochelle, in command of an English fleet. A few months later he was again in France, and fought bravely on the Huguenot side, but having been driven to extremities, he surrendered at Domfront ; he was immediately tried, condemned, and executed on May 27, 1574.
4. Qu'il se mît sur la lice, " that he enter the lists." A similar expression is : entrer dans la lice. La lice = " a level space marked ofiF by a rope or railing, and surrounded with galleries for spectators."
5. La barrière, the enck>sure where knightly encounters took place. Page 94. — i. Compare this description with that of Brantôme (iv.,
p. 103) : " La mal fortune fut que sur le soir il voulut encore rompre une lance ; et pour ce manda au comte de Montgomery qu'il comparût et se mît en lice. Lui refusa tout à plat . . . mais le roi, fâché de ses réponses, lui manda résolument qu'il le vouloit. La reine lui manda et pria par deux fois qu'il ne courût plus pour l'amour d'elle. Rien pour cela, mais lui manda qu'il ne couroit que cette lance pour l'amour d'elle. Et pour ce, l'autre ayant comparu en lice, le roi courut. Ou fut que le malheur le voulût ainsi, ou son destin l'y poussât, il fut atteint du contre coup par la tête dans l'œil où lui demeura un grand éclat de la lance, dont aussi tôt fut relevé de ses écuyers, et Monsieur de Montgomery vint à lui qui le trouva fort blessé. Toutefois il ne perdit cœur et n'étonna point, et dit que ce n'étoit rien, et soudain pardonna audict comte de Montgomery. ... Il mourut au bout de quelques jours en très bon Chrétien et ainsi ce grand roi qui avoit été en tant de guerres et les avoit tant aimées, n'y a pu mourir et est mort là.'
