[143] De Barante, Tome II., pp. 69, 70.
[144] The four Dukes of the house of Valois were, Philip le Hardi, 1365-1404, Jean sans Peur, 1404-1419, Philip le Bon, 1419-1467, and Charles le Téméraire, 1467-1476.
[145] I have heard Philip le Hardi described by a flippant American as "Philip le Hard-up."
[146] Compare the devise of our Plantagenet Kings.
[147] The coats cost 2977 livres d'or, an enormous sum, bearing in mind the purchasing power of money in those days. De Barante, Tome II., p. 131.
[148] Michelet V. pp. 72-77.
[149] A lady well-known in Russian "revolutionary" circles, told me, recently, of similar experiences in Russia to-day. Suicides are so frequent as to excite little comment. Children, even, have caught the contagion. "Life fails them—they turn to death."
[150] Juvénal des Ursins, quoted Michelet, Tome V., p. 183.
[151] A. Germain "Les Néerlandais en Bourgogne," p. 38, 39.
[152] The prophets are all commemorative of Christ, taken from the Messianic texts. The costumes are supposed to be those of the actors in the mystery plays of that time. Germain, p. 63.