"Richer I with ribbon owed
To the favour of Raimbaude
Than King Richard with Poitiers
And with Tours and with Angiers."—T.
[520] Alphonsus II. of Este, Duke of Ferrara and Modena (1533-1597), the patron and persecutor of Tasso and brother of Leonora of Este (vide infra).—T.
[521] Leonora of Este (d. 1581), sister of Alphonsus II. Tasso went mad for love of her in 1577.—T.
[522] They were lost to France by the second Napoleon in 1870.—T.
[523] Florio's Montaigne, Booke II. Chap. 33: The Historie of Spurina.—T.
[524] Camille d'Hostun, Maréchal Duc de Tallart (1652-1728), defeated the Imperials at Speyer, in 1703, and was beaten by Marlborough and Prince Eugene at Blenheim, or Hochstadt, in 1704. He was taken prisoner and carried to England, where he was kept captive for eight years. During his stay in London, where he had before been Ambassador, he intrigued to bring about Marlborough's disgrace. On his return to France, he was created a duke and peer and, later, a member of the Council of Regency. He became a minister of State under Louis XV. and was a member of the Academy of Science, but not of the French Academy, as Chateaubriand says in error.—B.
[525] John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), Captain-general of the English Forces from 1702 to 1711.—T.
[526] Anne Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1655-1714), long under the influence of Marlborough and his wife. This influence did, in fact, come to an end in 1711, the year before Tallart's release.—T.
[527] La Fontaine, Le Paysan du Danube: