FOOTNOTES:
[1] Bethléem, a suburb of Clamecy.
[2] “Judæa” is the nickname given to the suburb of Bethléem, or Béyant, where the raftsmen and boatmen of Clamecy live. “Rome” is the upper town, which gets its name on account of the stairs, called “Old Rome,” which go down from the church of Saint Martin to the suburb of Beuvron.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.