[120] Amadis of Gaul, hero of the famous prose romance written in the fourteenth century by different authors, partly in Spanish, partly in French.—T.
[121] A loathsome form of vermin.—T.
[122] Jean La Balue (1421-1491) became a bishop, Almoner to King Louis XI., Intendant of Finance, and was for many years virtual Prime Minister of France. He abolished the Pragmatic Sanction (1461), and was created a cardinal by Pope Pius II. Subsequently he corresponded with the King's enemies and (1469) was imprisoned by Louis XI. in an iron cage, from which he was released only upon the King's death, eleven years later. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII. sent La Balue to France as legate in latere; but he was so badly received that he was obliged to return to Rome.—T.
[123] Claude de Saumaise (1588-1658), known as Salmasius, or the Prince of Commentators.—T.
[124] Charles Ferdinand Duc de Berry (1778-1820), second son of the Comte d'Artois, later Charles X., and father of the Duc de Bordeaux, known later as Comte de Chambord and Henry V. The Duc de Berry was assassinated by Louvel on leaving the Opera House in Paris, 6 February 1820.—T.
[125] Mémoires, lettres, et pièces authentiques touchant la vie et la mort de S. A. R. Ch. F. d'Artois, fils de France, Duc de Berry, II. viii.—B.
[126] La Fontaine's Fables, book VII., fab. 16: The Cat, the Weasel, and the Young Rabbit, 7—9.—T.
[127] Cephalus of Thessaly, husband of Procris, and beloved by Aurora because of his surpassing beauty.—T.
[128] Jean Cazotte (1720-1792), the facile Royalist poet, author of the Veillée de la Bonne femme; ou, le Réveil d'Enguerrand, which opens with the lines quoted.—T.
[129] "Right in the middle of the Ardennes
Stands a fine castle atop of a rock."—T.