[27] A province in the extreme south of Portugal.
[28] The Mother Superior of the convent.
[29] Gates in the city of Beja: so called because they are on the side which looks toward Mertola, 54 kilometres distant. Both Beja and Mertola are in the province of the Alemtejo.
[30] Hérard Bouton and Catherine Lecomte de Nonant.
[31] Both Cordeiro and the French texts read ‘first,’ which does not make sense.
[32] No. 2 in all editions and translations except that of Cordeiro.
[33] Two of Chamilly’s servants.
[34] The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which was signed May 2nd, 1668, ratified this peace and put an end to the war called ‘of Devolution.’
[35] D. Brites de Noronha was a professed nun and a companion of Marianna in the convent of the Conception at Beja.
[36] Marianna refers to her condition as a Franciscan nun in a small provincial town, not to the rank of her family, which was as good as that of her lover.