Nec pluribus impar : equal to many

3. Philippe II, son of Charles V., had under his sway Spain, the "two Sicilies, tbe Milanese, the Low Countries, Franche Comté, Mexico and Peru. In 1554 he married Mary Tudor, queen of England. He fîtted ont the great fleet called the Invincible Armada for the conquest of England.

15. Yersailles is about eleven miles south-west of Paris. The palace, with its magnificent gardens and fountains, was built by Lf)uis XIV., whodevoted enormous sums to its construction. Today it is a muséum of paintings and sculpture.

25* — 0. Férigni, Benserade wits and poets of the court.