porte-parole, * messenger, représentative

11. la Commune, *the Commune,* established (1792-4) by a usurpation on the part of représentatives chosen by the Communes Its rule is known as the * Reign of Terror.*

21. Girondins; cf. p. 78. 11. Pétion, Manuel, members of revolutionary party. Danton, p. 78.30.

g2 4, 1^ MarseillaiBe, the national hymn of France, composed in 1792 by Rouget de llsle, an oflacer, at Strasbourg.

5 la Carmagnole, a popular song of 1792, composed as the French took the city of Carmagnole in Piedmont.-Ca ira (• that will pass'), the refrain of many songs, especially those breathing revenge on the aristocrats. , t^, j. . ^

11. Charles IX (1560-74) was forced by Cathenne de Medici to mstigate the massacre of St. Bartholomew's, 1572.

13. Damiens tried to assassinate Louis XV., and was tortured to death.

32. les démagognieB de Platon, * Plato's démagogues ; in his discourse on tlie State (PolUeia), where lie scourges unbridled democracj.