[9] Charles Nodier, Bonaventure Desperiers et Cyrano de Bergerac. Quoted by Remy de Gourmont.
[10] Three errors in ten words!
[11] In Périgord there is no castle called De Bergerac. (Brun). Mauvières and Bergerac, often known as Sous-Forest, are in the commune of Saint-Forgeux, canton of Chevreuse, arrondissement of Rambouillet. (Frédy de Coubertin).
[12] The genealogical tree of the Cyrano family will be found in Appendix III.
[13] From Saint-Amant's Le Débauche. In English it means roughly: "'Sdeath! how it rains outside | Let us make it rain wine in our bellies—you understand that without a word spoken and that's the real jest; sing, laugh, make a row, drink here all night, and to-morrow let the fair Aurora find us all here still at table."
[14] See M. Magne's Chevalier de Lignières (1920) for an elaborate and highly-coloured account of this affair. Marshal Gassion is said to have offered Cyrano his protection when he heard of it, which Cyrano refused.
[15] Menagiana. 1695. Quoted by Remy de Gourmont. The reader will remember Rostand's use of this anecdote.
[16] F. T. Perrens, Les Libertins en France au XVIIe Siècle, is an interesting book.
[17] See Rigal's Le Théâtre Français avant la Période classique.
[18] I know Descartes was patronised by Mazarin and made a visit to Paris "to be honoured"; but he soon returned to Holland.