il faut bien que ce soit pour vous, je vous le

jure, I would not give an audience to any oue else, I assure you.

13. Sa Majesté Catholique, Your Catliolic Majesty. A title assumed by tlie kiugs of Spain, as that of Sa Majesté très Chrétienne by the king of France, who was also called le fils aîné de l'Eglise. Cf. the title of 'Defender of the Faith,' conferred by Pope Clément VII. on Henry VIII., king of England, and still borne by H. M. Queen Victoria.

19. non pas à l'Escurial, not at the royal palace of the Escurial. A palace and nionastery at the same time, built by Philip II. (1563-84), about 20 miles N.W. of Madrid (in the sliape of a gridiron, in lionour of St. Laurent), and containing the sépulture of many kings of Spain, notably Charles V. and Philip II. It is the autumn résidence of the Court of Spain. mais à Buen-Retiro, a splendid palace built by Olivares under Philip IV, at the gâte of Madrid, now Avithin the city boundaries, and transformed into a citadel in 1810.

23. plus de majesté, plus de sire, do not now address me as majesty, sire.

25. le comte de Mauléon me passera bien l'altesse ? You will allow me to address you as Your Highness. (The king assumed, for privacy's sake, the title of comte de Mauléon. )