[2] A Spanish silver coin, equal in value to the U. S. dollar.
[3] A silver coin containing two reales.
[4] The copper piece is a cuarto. A real contains 34 maravedis and is worth about the same as the U. S. dime. The smallest Spanish coin is the maravedi. Four maravedis make a cuarto.
[5] Trunkmaker's street.
[ [6] In some provinces the rector of a parish.
[ [7] The point of this passage in the original is the misuse of Spanish words and the introduction of others which are not Spanish. Thus Hidalgo means a nobleman; and Kermesas, Fr., Kermesse, Dutch, Kermis, is a name for a fair peculiar to Holland and Belgium.
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GEORG EBERS' ROMANCES.
THE EMPEROR. A Romance, by Georg Ebers, translated by Clara Bell. Authorized edition, in two vols.