[6] For account of Jacques Cœur and his dwelling at Bourges, see "Pilgrimage to Auvergne."
[7] In the Romance of the Queen Mother, I have given a detailed account, from the most correct chroniclers, of the siege of La Rochelle, and its defence, in 1573.
[8] The Iris zippium.
[9] Since this was written, I grieve to observe, by the French newspapers, that the tower and part of the church of St. Eutrope, have been destroyed by lightning.
[10] This part of the world seemed always to be looked upon as the head quarters of sorcery; for in the Chronicles of Bordeaux we find, in the year 1435, the following notice:—"Les environs de Bordeaux sont fort travaillez par les sorciers et empoisonneurs, dont aucuns furent exécutes à mort et brûlé tous vifs."
[11] See for these particulars, Athanasie Maritime.—Du Mège.
[12] See description of the Breche, in the second volume of this work.
[13] Du Mège (Statistique III.) This observation scarcely appears to me correct, since the countries bordering on the Loire are certainly not more used to snows than those closer to the mountains. In Béarn these shelving roofs are constantly to be seen.
[14] See the Poems of Jasmin.
[15] "See Pilgrimage to Auvergne," chap. xiii. p. 271.