tous les retoumoity " he tumed them ail over

1. 1 1. fut porté. Ail through this passage the pronouns are omitted. This is obviously a relie of Latin usage.

1. 16. estourgue, " a satin cap." The word estourgue is not given in Godefroy's Old French Dictionary, but Kirk {Charles the Bold^ vol. III. p. 495) translates it thus.

1. 3a. desfula. The old meaning oî fouler survives in foulard, a kerchief.

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1. 8. Hédeat An exclamation, probably derived from deus, 1. 15. le roi Arthur ou Frédéric Barberousse, The l^endary *'passing of Arthur" is well known; and it was a popular belief that he would come again to restore the golden âge. The legend of the Emperor Frederick II. (Barbarossa), waiting in the rocky cavem till the time comes for him to go forth with his army, is also well known. 1.25. le chapitre de la Toison d'or, The Order of the Golden Fleece, established by Philip the Good, was one of the most highly valued ordeis of the time.

Lu. il se garnit les mains, he filled his hands, "he took what he could get.*'

1. 27. r empire... de Charles-Quint, Charles V. held the Netherlands, Spain, the Spanish conquests and colonies in America, the Austrian possessions; he was Emperor, and succeeded in holding Naples, Sicily and Milan against the French.

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1. 5. la Comté. Franche Comté was part of the mediaeval Kîngdom of Burgundy, and as such, part of the Empire. It was given up in the next reign and not ceded to France finally till 1679.

la Provence» By an arrangement with René of Anjou and hîs nephew- Charles, Louis was to inherit Provence, though this also had formed part of the '*Kingdom of Arles.'*

1. 6. H faillit faire juger le pape, "he nearly brought the Pope to trial."

1. 8. le frère de yuHen, Lorenzo de* Medici, afterwards known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the able ruler of Florence.

1. 18. il mourut à la peiné, "he died in the vain endeavour."