35-8: Luis XVI: (diez y seis— cf. note Carlos XII, p. 16, 2) Louis was guillotined in 1793 by the republican government (la Convention) which had usurped his power.
35-9: ninguno: cf. note conoce nadie, p. 2, 5.
35-10: del César: of the emperor. Cf. the manner in which the name of Caesar has become a fixed title in Czar and Kaiser.
35-11: a España: a geographical name (not preceded by the article) is preceded by the preposition a when it is the direct object of a verb.
35-12: quijotescas: quixotic, extravagantly romantic.