80-11: tengo entendido: cf. note llevo echados, p. 34, 1.
81-1: A saber: it remains to be learned.
81-2: Por de pronto: meanwhile; provisionally; for the present, i.e. as things now stand.
81-3: cuando se pronunció Riego: this patriotic officer, by his pronunciamento (1820), boldly set the example of revolt against the perfidious conduct of Fernando VII (see notes pp. 34, 5, and 51, 7), who violated the constitution adopted in 1812. After the French intervention the king had Riego executed.
81-4: habría que mandar: cf. note lo que hay que hacer, p. 12, 4.