[34] Lintz.
[35] The district around Bellinzona.
[36] The Bodensee, more generally known as the Lake of Constance: at its south-eastern end is the town of Bregenz, the ancient Brigantia.
[37] The Arethusa is in Sicily, near Syracuse.
[38] The Comites were a picked body of troops, divided into several regiments distinguished by separate names, such as Seniores, Juniores, Sagittarii, &c.
[39] The Promoti were also picked men, something like the Comites; the French translator calls them the Veterans.
[40] From κόπτω to cut, and ματτύα any delicate food; meant as equivalent to our cheeseparer, or skinflint.
[41] This was a very important post; it seems to have united the functions of a modern chamberlain, chancellor, and secretary of state. The master presented citizens to the emperor, received foreign ambassadors, recommended men for civil employments, decided civil actions of several kinds, and superintended many of the affairs of the post.
[42] Cologne.
[43] The dragons were the effigies on some of the standards.