[138] Otway: Venice Preserved, or The Plot Discovered, Act I. Sc. i.—T.
[139] Clément Marot (1497-1544), the poet, when compelled to fly from France on account of his scandalous life, took refuge in Béarn (1535), then at the Court of Ferrara, where he was secretary to Renée of France, and, finally, in Venice (1536).—T.
[140] Montesquieu: Lettres persanes. Letter XXXI.: Rhédi à Usbek, à Paris.—T.
[141] The incident of Anals will be found in the Lettres persanes. Letter CXLI.: Rica à Usbek à ***—T.
[142] The cannon was fired when a nun took the veil.—T.
[143] Corinne: Book XV., Chaps, VII. and IX.—T.
[144] Corinne: Book XVI., Chap. III.—T.