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NOTES AND EMENDATIONS.

Page 6. line 12. Lord de Guise.] Claude, second son of René the second, duke of Lorraine, was ancestor of the dukes of Guise. He died in 1550 and therefore must have been very young at this period.

Page 6. line 5. from the bottom. Melfy. Q. Amelfi?] Mary, natural daughter of king Ferdinand, married to Anthony, duke of Amelfi, of the house of Piccolomini.

Page 16. line 15. Lord de Luxembourg.] See note p. 108.

Page 24. line 7 from the bottom. Marquis of Mantua.] Francis III. fourth marquis of Mantua, of the house of Gonzaga.

Page 24. line 3 from the bottom. Lord of Ferrara.] Hercules d'Este, first duke of Modena.

Page 29. line 13. Bastard of Bourbon.] Matthew lord of Roche, eldest of the bastards of John II. duke of Bourbon.