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[A] Charles mistook the name, which was Whitgreave. He was thinking of the field called Pitchcroft, near Worcester, where his army was encamped the night before the memorable battle.—Ed.
[B] The floor of the lowest storey of the palace is only about 6 metres (19½ feet) below the top of the roof.
[C] The word cubit here evidently corresponds with the cordwainer’s cubit. And if so the ladder measured 247 yards. But there never was a ladder of this length. The longest are not more than 130, and the strongest man cannot manœuvre such a one, nor even carry it. Supposing the cubit here to mean the same as the Italian braccio, the ladder would even then be 91 yards long, and it would have been difficult for Cassanova to move such a ladder, as he relates. We must set it down to exaggeration, and let him go on with his story.
[D] Latude found all these things again on the 15th July, 1789—the day after the capture of the Bastille. They were in the Archives with a procès-verbal, dated the 27th February, 1756, and signed by the major of the Bastille and the Commissary Rochebrune.
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| Duguay Tronin=> Duguay Trouin {pg iii} |
| to Magdebourg to a hold a review=> to Magdebourg to hold a review {pg 146} |
| but to out the whole door=> but to cut the whole door {pg 152} |
| dressed, everything is well=> dressed, everthing is well {pg 256} |
| wai-patiently=> wait patiently {pg 261} |
| This man had suceeded=> This man had succeeded {pg 269} |
| fastened by a handkerhief=> fastened by a handkerchief {pg 273} |
| been making repretentations=> been making representations {pg 290} |
| selling them that=> telling them that {pg 293} |