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16. faut que Je Toui die, etc. Tbe pronoun was often tbus omitted; die, old subjanctive of dire; ayant, fiom auir, a verb no longer nsed ezcept in tbe infinitiye and in tbe expression j *ai oui dire,

26. Jean OhaAel attempted to assassinate Henry IV. and was drawn and quartered in punisbment.

5.— 3. TEitoile, Pierre de, (1540-1611,) Frencb cbronicler, autbor of Mémoires' J&umaux.

8. Gremwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England in 1653 and leader in tbe révolution tbat caused tbe abdication and exécution of Cburles tbe First.

Ih nelaiisait pas de rester: remained nevertbeless.

14. Oreillard, or Groulart, a Frencb magistrate wbo bad been called to tbe King's Council by Henry III. He became Président of Parlement and a strong supporter of Henry IV. He was a patron of letters and a writer of merit.

15. 8aint*Deni8. Manufacturing town a few miles nortb of Paris, celebrated for its ancient abbey containing tbe tombs of tbe Frencb kings.

32. Oabriellej d'Estrées, member of a distinguisbed family and favorite of Henry IV.

29. Scaliger, Josepb-Juste (1540-1609), a celebrated pbilologist and bumanist. He left many leamed works in Latin and & wide and remarkable correspondence containing letters from Henry IV.

6. — 9i d'Aubigné, Agrippa, satiria Protestant writer and companion-at-arms of Henry IV.

10. Pliitarqna (120-50 b.c.), Greek moralist and bistorian. He. wrote Lives qf Celebrated Men of Greece and Rome.

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