[363] Beaumavielle, a celebrated basso-singer at the opera, died about 1688.
[364] Marthe de Rochois sang at the opera from 1678 till 1697.
[365] The Annales Galantes were published in 1670, and written by Madame de Villedieu; no Journal Amoureux ever saw the light.
[366] Roland, an opera by Quinault (see page [28], note 99) and Lulli (see page [25], note 88, and page 46, note), was represented for the first time at Versailles in the beginning of 1685, and Mademoiselle de Rochois played the part of Angelica in it.
[367] See page [65], note 161.
[368] M. de Terrat, the chancelier of Monsieur, the brother of Louis XIV., is hinted at here, probably merely on account of his name.
[369] Le mortier, in the original. See page [168], note 331.
[370] La Bruyère employs le vide de la consignation. See page [169], note 333.
[371] Pécunieux our author uses in its Latin meaning.
[372] Gilt nails were the principal ornaments of the heavy and unwieldy coaches of the age of Louis XIV.