Sénèque, the Roman philosopher, Seneca

4. 5. Hongrie . . . Bohême ; Bohemia had passed under the direct control of Austria in 1547, while Hungary had maintained some show of independence till 1688, two years before this paragraph was published.

6. guerres de Flandre et de Hollande, those carried on by Louis XIV, especially the one begun in 1688 and in progress at this time (1690).

7. la guerre des Géants, the mythological wars of the Giants with Hercules and the Gods.

Page 86. — I. Henri IV fils de Henri ni; Henry III (1574-1 589) was childless. Henry IV (i 589-1610) was the son of Antoine de Bourbon, brother of Louis de Bourbon, Condé's ancestor.

2. Apronal, etc. ; thèse names were taken f rom a Histoire du Monde (1686), by Urbain Chevreau (1615-1701). — Mardokempad is Mardokempados^ a king of the seventh Babylonian dynasty.

3. Valois, this family ascended the throne of France in 1328, with Philip VI. It ruled till the death of Henry IIL

4. Bourbon, the younger branch of the royal family which succeeded to the sovereignty with Henry IV.

5. l'Empereur, the German Ëmperor, Leopold I (i 658-1 705), who was married three times.

6. Ninus, the fabled founder of Nineveh, who may hâve lived about 2000 B.C., second husband of Semiramis, and murdered by her; see Une 15.

7. Thetmosis, evidently for Thothmes, the name of several kings of Egypt.

8. Semiramis, wife of Ninus and queen of Assyria after his death.

9. Ninyas succeeded his mother in power after having murdered her, according to tradition.

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