80: The Duke of Alcala does not figure in the list of dramatis personae, nor does he have a word to utter in the whole play.
81: que vite, «how quickly».
82: mon infante, «my princess».
83: malgré mes voeux, «against my will».
84: contente, imperative.
85: te laisseras-tu faire? «will you yield to me?»
86: see note 56, act IV.
ACT IV.
1: Aix la-Chapelle (Aachen) was the old Frankish capital. Charlemagne held court there and at Engilenheim. He was buried there, A.D. 814, in «that basilica which it had been the delight of his later years to erect and adorn with the treasures of ancient art. His tomb under the dome—where now we see an enormous slab, with the words 'Carolo Magno'—was inscribed Magnus atque Orthodoxus Imperator». (Bryce: «Holy Roman Empire».) Mr. Bryce adds: «This basilica was built upon the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and as it was the first church of any size that had been erected in those regions for centuries past, it excited extraordinary interest among the Franks and Gauls. In many of its features it greatly resembles the beautiful church of San Vitale, at Ravenna… Over the tomb of Charles, below the central dome… there hangs a huge chandelier, the gift of Frederick Barbarossa.»
2: Monsieur l'électeur de Trèves. The Archbishop of Trier stood out for a long time in favor of Francis I.