Suisses, the Swiss Guards

8, 3. Dauphin, when Humbert IT. ceded the province of “ Dauphiné” to Philippe VI. of Valois (1349), it was stipulated that the heir apparent to the throne of France would take che title of “ Dauphin.”

5. Blanches . . . tricolores, white is now the culour of the Bourbons and the “ancien régime ;” red that of the Democrats ; and the three colours, blue, white, and red together, represent the Republican party, as well as those who believe in a limited monarchy.

9, 11-12, 6 octobre (1789), the attack on the Castle of Versailles by the mob, who insisted on Louis XVI. coming to Paris.

11-12. 14 juillet (1789), the taking of the Bastille by the people.

10, 33. Zemple (Le), originally a monastery in Paris occupied by the Templars and other monastic orders. Part of the building was used as a prison during the Revolution.

11, 33. La Marseillaise, see Rouget de L'Isle in the Index.

12, 40. Parlemer.aire, one who in the civil war called ‘La Fronde,” sided with the Parliament and ‘‘ Tiers-Itat ?” against the Cardinal Mazarin, 1648-1653, during the minority of Louis XIV.

13, 3-4. L'attentat du 21 Janvier (1793), execution of Louis XVI.

28. Comité de salut public, see list of Assemblies, note, p. 6,

17, 24. Jacobins. members of a political club composed of extreme Den ats. They originally met in an ancient monastery of Jacobin monks.

25. Convention, see list of Assemblies, note. p. 6, L. 12. 33. Jmpériaux, a name given since the sixteenth century to the