73: au mur de Balthazar, «on Belshazzar's wall». See the Book of Daniel, v. 5.
74: Les rois Rodrigue font les comtes Julien. Roderick, King of Andalusia, assumed sway over all Spain in 709. In the opposition was a certain Count Julian, commander of the Gothic forces in Morocco, who betrayed his master's forces to the Saracens. These, victorious in Africa, crossed into Spain and defeated and killed Roderick in 711. He has been called the last of the Goths, and is the subject of an ambitious poem by Robert Southey. According to Spanish legend, as embodied in ancient ballads, the treachery of Count Julian was an act of revenge for the dishonoring of his sister by King Roderick.
75: Segorbe, a town in Valencia, in eastern Spain.
76: Cordona, a small town in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.
77: Monroy, Monroyo, a small town in eastern Spain, a few miles west of Tortosa.
78: Albatera, a village in Valencia, in eastern Spain.
79: Gor. Venta de Gor is a small village a few miles north of Granada.
80: grand maitre d'Avis. The order of Avis was a Portuguese decoration.
81: penser, infinitive used as noun.
82: Laisse régner l'esprit. Speaking to his heart, he bids it cease to disturb his mind, which is full of lofty purposes.