[2]. Journée, "day's journey."
[Page 67.—1]. La Duchesse de Mercoeur, Jeanne de Savoie, second wife of Nicholas, Count of Vaudemont, Duke of Mercoeur. Her son was the celebrated Philippe-Emmanuel of Lorraine, Duke of Mercoeur.
[2]. À toute bride, "at full speed." A similar phrase is à bride abattue.
[Page 70.—1]. Que tout ce qu'il y a jamais eu de femmes au monde, "than any woman who has ever lived." The neuter relative in a personal sense is not infrequently used by Madame de la Fayette (see [page 16, line 29]).
[Page 72.—1]. Je ne vous saurois croire, "I cannot believe you." ("In the conditional and pluperfect savoir is employed for pouvoir."—Littré.)
[Page 79.—1]. Le Connétable, Anne, Duke of Montmorency (1492-1567). He distinguished himself during the wars of Francis I. and was made Constable in 1538. Some time after he was banished from the Court and retired to his estates till the accession of Henry II., when he was again invested with his former dignities. During the wars of religion he commanded the royal army against the Huguenots, and was fatally wounded at Saint-Denis.
[2]. Le Prince d'Orange (1533-1584). William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, founder of the Republic of Holland, was the son of William the Old, Count of Nassau. In 1544 he received the title of Prince of Orange. He was brought up at the Court of Charles V., and in 1554 was placed in command of the army in Flanders. He won the confidence of the Emperor, and was sent into France to hasten the Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis, Philip II., however, was not favorably disposed toward the Prince, and appointed the Duke of Alva as governor in the Netherlands; the cruelties of the latter drew upon him the opposition of the people, and the Prince of Orange made himself their leader. The removal of Alva was accompanied by a temporary withdrawal of the Spanish forces; upon their return, the Prince again took the people's part, and, on January 29, 1579, induced them to adopt the famous treaty called the Union of Utrecht, which forms the foundation of the liberties of Holland. After various attempts had been made against the life of the Prince, he was at length assassinated at Delft.
[Page 80.—1]. Elle n'avoit pas le jour au visage, "her face was in the dark."
[Page 85.—1]. Cette seule curiosité, "that curiosity alone." (See also [page 126, line 15]: la seule bienséance.)
[Page 90.—1]. L'Évêché, the Episcopal Palace.