◆Hubert Thomas, Annales de vita Friderici II. Palatini (Francfort, 1624), gives no idea of this exaggeration of Queen Eleonor’s bust, who was promised to Frederick Palatine.

[131] P. 248:

◆Suetonius, Octavius Augustus, cap. lxix.

[132] P. 249:

◆Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, nicknamed le Balafré, born 1550. Murdered by the King’s (Henri III.) orders at Blois in 1588.

◆Duc d’Anjou, afterwards Henri III.

[133] P. 250:

◆The personages in question are probably Bussy d’Amboise and Marguerite de Valois.

[134] P. 252:

◆The king was Henri II., and the grand widow lady the Duchess de Valentinois. They thought it was due to a charm.