petits, sélect ox intimate

129. écus, properly a coin struck before the Révolution bearing a shield {écu), and équivalent to six livres, or $1.20 in silver. See note to Le Luthier, 41.

Notes, 134-195 Le Trésor

134. Valois, name of a French royal family, extending from Philip VI. (1328) to Henry III., who was killed in 1589. The Court of the Valois was most brilliant under Francis I. (1515- 1547) and the regency or virtual domination of Catherine de Medici (i 560-1 574), most corrupt during the reign of Henry m. (1574-1589).