Le roi d'Arle. See note to L. 179.
l'araignée. See note under PUISSANCE ÉGALE BONTÉ.
jacque (also written jaque), a short close-fitting coat or tunic.
vair (English vair), the fur of the squirrel, a highly esteemed and costly material for dress in the later Middle Ages.
chevalier haubert, i. e. a knight who has the right to wear the haubert or cuirass.
Urbain quatre, Pope (1261-. 1264). He is rightly described as the son of a cobbler.
Afranus, introduced as the bishop of Fréjus, and one of Ratbert's evil counsellors, in the poem of 'Ratbert'. See note on L. 435 supra.
L. 721. For the element of supernatural vengeance on cruelty compare L'Aigle du casque, published in the 1877 series.
LA ROSE DE L'INFANTE.
A French critic has said happily of this poem: '"La Rose de l'Infante" est un chef-d'oeuvre, digne d'être illustré par Vélasquez.' (Gaston Deschamps in Petit de Julleville's Histoire de la langue et de la littérature françaises.)