44-2: ¡hombre! ¡me gusta!: well! I like that! The vocative hombre is frequently used to express surprise, expostulation, etc. Here it is evidently addressed to a mere schoolboy.
44-3: tierra adentro: inland.
44-4: Piamonte: Piedmont, a province of northern Italy.
44-5: que aprendan: cf. note ¡Que... muera, p. 3, 6.
44-6: a ver: let us see. A ver may sometimes be rendered more freely, as here! look here!