d'abord: see note, p

47. 3. aussi en ont -ils: mention other words after which the same construction is used (see note, p. 4 1. 3).

5. se sentent le cœur extrêmement élevé : i.e. sont extrêmement fiers.

8. l'inquisition : the Inquisition, founded as early as the twelfth century by Father Dominic, was fîrmly established in Spain towards the end of the fifteenth under Ferdinand and Isabella, by whom Torquemada was appointed the first grand inquisitor in 1478.