[430] sol. The Argentine flag has two horizontal blue stripes and in the middle a white one with the image of the sun in it.
[431] mayo de 1810. A reference to the 25th of May, 1810. The first cry of independence was heard in Buenos Aires, and Cisneros, then Viceroy, was put out of power. V. Introduction.
[432] no él, i.e., he made no efforts at self-glorification.
[433] Quiere... propios, He wishes as it were to do away with the very names.
[434] Colonia, i.e., Argentina, prior to its independence.
[435] Tácito, Tacitus, famous Roman historian (55-120 A.D.).
[436] y... chispa, hardly any light.
[437] Vieytes (Hipólito), one of the leaders of the Argentine revolution and member of the Junta Gobernativa.
[438] Virreinato, i.e., Spanish rule in Argentina.
[439] árbitro de, free to.