◆The two Joyeuses: M. du Bouchage, and a gay companion.
[82] P. 145:
◆Marguerite de Lorraine, married to Anne (Duke) de Joyeuse, the favorite of Henri III. The sister-in-law of whom Brantôme speaks could be neither Mme. du Bouchage nor Mme. de Mercoeur, who were spared by the crudest pamphleteers; he undoubtedly refers to Henriette, Duchess de Montpensier.
[83] P. 146:
◆François de Vendôme, vidam of Chartres? (See Fæneste, 1729 edition, p. 345.)
[84] P. 148:
◆Ariosto, Orlando furioso, canto V., stanza 57:
Io non credo, signor, che ti sia nova
La legge nostra....
[85] P. 149: