[50] Bonfadio, though Italian, was not Genoese—Translator.
[51] The annals of Bonfadio were written in Latin—Translator.
[52] A Genoese word, derived from Garbo, polished, courteous, polite,—usually applied to manners.—Translator.
[53] This is enumerative of three classes, the nobles, the people, and the plebeians; is common in Italian histories.—Translator.
[54] Notaries still constitute professional class in Genoa.—Translator.
[55] I find an euphemism current in Genoa which confirms the text. A doubt respecting a man’s honesty is expressed thus: “He is of Borsonasca.”—Translator.
[56] The author refers to the expulsion of the Austrians in 1746, of which revolution he has also written the history.—Translator.