[ 4.] le roi, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1740-1786. Introduction, § 8.
[ 5.] Joseph (the Second), Emperor of Germany and of the Holy Roman Empire. As he died in 1790 and as the French did not reach Anstatt till 1793, this conversation must be understood as taking place at least three years before the events described in the subsequent chapters.
[ 6.] ne pouvait, pas omitted; it may be omitted with cesser, oser, pouvoir, and savoir.
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[ 1.] rien que, nothing but.
[ 2.] chapeaux à cornes, like the three-cornered hats worn by some of the American troops in the Revolutionary War.
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[ 1.] citoyen, word introduced during the Revolution to supplant monsieur.
[ 2.] monsieur, see above note; it is an indeclinable plural here.
[ 3.] madame, see above notes; this word was replaced by citoyenne.
[ 4.] quatre chemins, this term is inclusive; it embraces roads leading to the four cardinal points of the compass; translate, with est toujours, travels all the roads.
[ 5.] habits blancs, white coats, i.e. the Austrians.