basané, swarthy, from basane, sheep-leather. Etym

1. 38. beffroi, the alarm-bell. Beffroi means originally a belfry (O. F. ber/roi, from the L. L. berfredus, which is itself derived from the M. H. G. bervrit, a watch-tower.

P. 27, 1. 25. Alphonse d'Aragon. This king of Aragon and Castile succeeded to his father in 14 16. Loved learning, and received generously the fugitive Greeks after the taking of Constantinople. Died in 1458.

P. 28, 1. 38. Antoine de Palerme. The city of Palermo (L. Panormiis) was founded by a Phœnician colony. It has often been destroyed by earthquakes. Antonio Beccadelli, better known as Antonio Panormita (1394 — 1471), one of the most distinguished littérateurs of the i5th century, was likewise a clever diplomatist, and rendered important services in that capacity to Alphonso king of Aragon.

P. 29, 1. 35. la Panagia, the Holy Virgin. (Gr. iravayia, from Trâs and â-yios).

P. 30, 1. 8. la parjure iinion de Florence. Allusion to the council held at Florence in 1439 (iSth œcumen.) for the union of the Latin and Greek churches.

P. 32, 1. II, satimâtre, briny (from L. L. sahnastrtim, derived from sal, sait).

1. 15. Syracuse (L. Syracnsœ, It. Siragosd), equally célébrât ed for its geographical position, the fertility of its soil, and the part it has played in the political history of the world. The siège particularly referred to in the text is the one which took place 414 — 413 B.C., and which ended by the defeat of the Athenians.