De grâce, Spare us, or Ju)r mercy^s sake

588. Arques, about four miles from Dieppe. Hère Henry IV., in 1589, defeated Mayenne with four times his force and " saved the monarchy for the Bourbons."

589. lansquenets, (German Landsknechtè)^ mercenary soldiers, usually Germans, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Note that lansquenet is also the name of a game of cards.

592. juifs were even then recognized as controlling the money power in Europe.

599. Dieppe, one of the Channel ports. In fact Henry satisfied his troops by the plunder of the southern faubourgs of Paris, and then withdrew to Tours, timbré des armes, stamped (or perhaps " sealed ") with the coat of arms.