The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times / With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period

by K. Rebillon Lambley

[972] In a letter to Justel he spoke of the Thames as "nostre Thamise."

[973] Evelyn's Diary, likewise, is full of mentions of meetings with Frenchmen.

[974] Sorbière, Relation d'un voyage en Angleterre . . ., Paris, 1664, p. 32.

[975] Cp. Ch. Bastide, Anglais et Français du 17^e siècle, Paris, 1912.

[976] Jusserand, Shakespeare in France, p. 136, note 2.

[977] Les Voyages de M. Payen, Paris, 1667.

[978] Mauger calls London "une des merveilles du monde. On y vient de tous côtez, pour admirer sa magnificence."

[979] The Ladies' Catechism, 1703.

[980] J. B. Le Blanc, Lettres d'un Français, à La Haye, 1745, iii. p. 67.

[981] Ibid. i. p. 145. Mrs. Pepys assisted Lady Sandwich to find a French maid (Diary, Nov. 15, 1660), and was herself very desirous of one.