pistoles d'or, a Spanish pistole was worth eleven francs

8. la Gazette de Hollande, a journal published in Holland which contained letters from Paris.

9. le Mercure galant, a French monthly, which began in 1672, containing society news and light literature.

10. Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de (i 619-1655), dramatist, satirist and author of fantastic novels, as le Voyage dans la lune.

11. Des Marets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean (i 595-1676), dramatist, poet and novelist.

12. Lesclache, Louis de (a. 1600-1671), author of a treatise on French orthography and popular essays on philosophy.

13. Barbin, a bookseller and publisher. The Historiettes bought at his shop were called " Barbinades."

14. à la Plaine, possibly la Plaine des Sablons, between Paris and Neuilly.

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