[34] Some historians say that Blanche was confined at the castle of Lescar, but there is no foundation for the assertion: no castle but that of Pau or Orthez would have been sufficiently strong to retain a prisoner of so much importance. Moret, and other Spanish authors, relate the event as above.
[35] This M. Mazure will by no means allow in his "Histoire du Béarn et du Pays Basque."
[36] M. Boucher. "Souvenirs du Pays Basque."
[37] "Chroniques Eccl. du Dioc. D'Auch."
[38] M. Francisque Michel's announced work bears the following title: "Recherches sur les Races maudites de la France et de l'Espagne. (Cagots des Pyrénées. Capots du Languedoc. Gahets da la Guienne. Colliberts du Bas Poitou. Caqueux de la Bretagne. Cacous du Mans. Marrons de l'Auvergne. Chreetas de Mayorque. Vacqueros des Asturies.)"
[39] Most of the scenes of the story in the Vallée d'Aspe have become familiar to me, and I can vouch for the truth of the descriptions.
[40] En and Ena are titles of Béarnaise nobility, answering to the Spanish Don and Doña.
[41] Witches or Sorcerers of Béarn.
[42] Caver. Chevalier, knight.
[43] At the period at which this story is laid, the Cagots were called Chrestiaàs, but the term Cagot, adopted later is more generally known in Béarn.