58-12: bribonazo: great rogue. The ending azo is often merely augmentative. Cf. also note pistoletazo, p. 18, 3.
58-13: otro: Napoleon III, emperor of France (1852-1870).
58-14: mamelucos de Oriente: The Mamelukes were a body of militia, operating in Egypt, under Turkish command. The curate apparently regards the Turks as a necessary barrier for preventing the Russians from overflowing Occidental Europe. Some commentators have succeeded in finding this calamity foretold in the Book of Revelation.
58-15: Gádor: cf. note Gádor, p. 56, 3.
58-16: rusos y moscovitas: These words are synonymous.