[16] Beheaded in 1632, aged thirty-seven years.

[17] Tallemant.

[18] The first volume of Le Grand Cyrus appeared in 1649; the last in 1653.

[19] Mademoiselle de Scudéry uses the word propre, meaning "elegant," etc.

[20] In Clélie.

[21] Tallemant.

[22] The first number bears date 1605.

[23] The first number appeared May 1, 1631.

[24] Recueil, etc. Discours sur plusieurs points importants de l'état present des affaires de France.

[25] Recueil, etc. Avertissement aux provinces sur les nouveaux mouvements du royaume, by the Sieur de Cléonville (1631).