Brussette. See note to p

1. 34. Chaui'elin (1716 ?-i77o), a theologian and Counsellor to the Parliament of Paris, chiefly known for the ardour with which he defended Jansenist doctrines against the Jesuits, their encmies.

Page 26. 1. 3. Straparole. Straparola, an Italian novelist of the first half of the sixteenth century. He is best remembered by his collection of stories called Tredici piacfvcli notti and known as Straparo/a's Nights. The taies are told on sep.irate nightsby a party of ladies and gentlemen enjoying the cool air at Murano. The subject of L'École des Femmes was probably borrowed from the Fourth Night.

1. 3, Boccace. Boccaccio (1313-75), a celebrated Italian novelist and poet, author of the Decameron, a collection of a hundred taies.

Rabelais. See note to p. 2, 1, 12.