◆L’histoire et Plaisante cronique du Petit Jehan de Saintré, par Antoine de La Salle. Paris, 1517.
[130] P. 312:
◆XLVth Tale.
[131] P. 314:
◆According to Rabelais, poultre (filly) is the name given to a mare that has never been leapt. So Bussy was not speaking with strict accuracy in using the term in this case.
[132] P. 316:
◆An allusion to the affair of Jarnac, who killed La Chasteignerie, Brantôme’s uncle, in a duel (1547) with an unexpected and decisive thrust of the sword.
◆Alesandro de Medici, killed, in 1537, by his cousin Lorenzino.
[133] P. 317:
◆Mme. de Chateaubriant.