49-6: consummatum est: (Latin), it is finished (the last words of Christ on the cross).

49-7: hachazos: cf. note pistoletazo, p. 18, 3.

49-8: Sala de las Santificaciones: one of the apartments of the Vatican.

49-9: el Rey de Roma: i.e. the Pope.

50-1: roquete y muceta: rochet (surplice with narrow sleeves) and purple mantle (worn over the rochet).