[114] Does he allude to the frightful white form, in my "vision of annihilation"?
[115] A phrase applied to the form of a dying man. [Properly a distemper which gives one a deathly look. See Bailey's Dictionary.—Tr.]
[116] The lapis infernalis, or silver cautery.—Tr.
[117] Frederick's Honor.
[118] Linen cloths smeared with aromatic ointment, anciently placed on the heads of children just born or baptized.—Tr.
[119] An allusion to a well-known instrument of the Inquisition.—Tr.