[121]P. 231:◆Lucian,Amours, XV.
[121]P. 231:
◆Lucian,Amours, XV.
[122]P. 235:◆Marguerite, wife of Henri IV., whose elegance drew from the old Queen Catherine this remark: “No matter where you may go, the court will take the fashion from you, and not you from the court.”(Brantôme,Elogé de la reine Marguerite.)◆Brantôme alludes to the Duke d’Anjou.◆Jeanne de Navarre, wife of Philippe le Bel, King of France, daughter and sole heiress of Henri I. of Navarre, was born 1272, died 1305 at the early age of 33. She was a beautiful and accomplished Princess, and the tales told by some historians reflecting on her character are apparently quite without foundation.◆TheDivorce satyriqueattributes this contrivance to Queen Marguerite, who adopted it to make her husband, the King of Navarre, more deeply enamoured and more naughty.
[122]P. 235:
◆Marguerite, wife of Henri IV., whose elegance drew from the old Queen Catherine this remark: “No matter where you may go, the court will take the fashion from you, and not you from the court.”(Brantôme,Elogé de la reine Marguerite.)
◆Brantôme alludes to the Duke d’Anjou.
◆Jeanne de Navarre, wife of Philippe le Bel, King of France, daughter and sole heiress of Henri I. of Navarre, was born 1272, died 1305 at the early age of 33. She was a beautiful and accomplished Princess, and the tales told by some historians reflecting on her character are apparently quite without foundation.
◆TheDivorce satyriqueattributes this contrivance to Queen Marguerite, who adopted it to make her husband, the King of Navarre, more deeply enamoured and more naughty.
[123]P. 236:◆These are taken from an old French book entitled:De lalouange et beauté des Dames(“Of the Praise and Beauty of Ladies”). François Corniger has put the same into 18 Latin lines. Vencentio Calmeta has rendered them also into Italian verse, commencing with the words:Dolce Flaminia.◆Pliny speaks of this Helen of Zeuxis.
[123]P. 236:
◆These are taken from an old French book entitled:De lalouange et beauté des Dames(“Of the Praise and Beauty of Ladies”). François Corniger has put the same into 18 Latin lines. Vencentio Calmeta has rendered them also into Italian verse, commencing with the words:Dolce Flaminia.
◆Pliny speaks of this Helen of Zeuxis.
[124]P. 237:◆Ronsard,Œuvres, 1584 edition, p. 112. It is a poem addressed to the famous painter Clouet, according to Janet, in which the poet sings the praises of his fair lady. This poem has more than one point in common with the present chapter of theDames.
[124]P. 237:
◆Ronsard,Œuvres, 1584 edition, p. 112. It is a poem addressed to the famous painter Clouet, according to Janet, in which the poet sings the praises of his fair lady. This poem has more than one point in common with the present chapter of theDames.
[125]P. 238:◆Marot had arranged this Spanish proverb into a quatrain, and at the time of the Ligue it was applied to the Infanta of Spain:Pourtant, si je suis brunette,Amy, n’en prenez esmoy,Car autant aymer souhaitteQu’une plus blanche que moy.
[125]P. 238:
◆Marot had arranged this Spanish proverb into a quatrain, and at the time of the Ligue it was applied to the Infanta of Spain:
Pourtant, si je suis brunette,Amy, n’en prenez esmoy,Car autant aymer souhaitteQu’une plus blanche que moy.
Pourtant, si je suis brunette,Amy, n’en prenez esmoy,Car autant aymer souhaitteQu’une plus blanche que moy.
Pourtant, si je suis brunette,Amy, n’en prenez esmoy,Car autant aymer souhaitteQu’une plus blanche que moy.
Pourtant, si je suis brunette,
Amy, n’en prenez esmoy,
Car autant aymer souhaitte
Qu’une plus blanche que moy.
[126]P. 239:◆Raymond Lulle was a native of Majorca, and lived towards the end of the thirteenth century: he was reputed to be a magician. The story that Brantôme tells was taken from theOpusculaby Charles Bovelles, fol. XXXIV. of the in-4oedition of 1521. The famous Raimond Lulle (generally known in England as Raimond Lully), philosopher and schoolman, was celebrated throughout the Middle Ages for his logic and his commentary on Aristotle, and above all for his art of Memory, or Ars Lulliana. He was born at Palma, the capital of Majorca, in 1235. He travelled in various countries, and died (1315) in Africa after suffering great hardships, having gone there as a missionary.
[126]P. 239:
◆Raymond Lulle was a native of Majorca, and lived towards the end of the thirteenth century: he was reputed to be a magician. The story that Brantôme tells was taken from theOpusculaby Charles Bovelles, fol. XXXIV. of the in-4oedition of 1521. The famous Raimond Lulle (generally known in England as Raimond Lully), philosopher and schoolman, was celebrated throughout the Middle Ages for his logic and his commentary on Aristotle, and above all for his art of Memory, or Ars Lulliana. He was born at Palma, the capital of Majorca, in 1235. He travelled in various countries, and died (1315) in Africa after suffering great hardships, having gone there as a missionary.
[127]P. 240:◆Or Charles de Bouvelles. His life of Raymond Lulle is a quarto, printed at Paris, and published by Ascencius. It is dated 3rd of the Nones of December, 1511. Several other works by the same author are extant.◆Arnauld de Villeneuve, a famous alchemist of the end of the thirteenth century; he died in a shipwreck, in 1313.◆Oldrade, a jurist, was born at Lodi in the thirteenth century. HisCodex de falsa monetais not known.
[127]P. 240:
◆Or Charles de Bouvelles. His life of Raymond Lulle is a quarto, printed at Paris, and published by Ascencius. It is dated 3rd of the Nones of December, 1511. Several other works by the same author are extant.
◆Arnauld de Villeneuve, a famous alchemist of the end of the thirteenth century; he died in a shipwreck, in 1313.
◆Oldrade, a jurist, was born at Lodi in the thirteenth century. HisCodex de falsa monetais not known.
[128]P. 242:◆Sisteron, in the Department of the Basses-Alpes, on the Durance. Seat of a Bishopric from the 4th Century down to 1770.◆Aimeric de Rochechouart (1545–1582) was the bishop of Sisteron; he succeeded his uncle Albin de Rochechouart. As to the “very great lady,” that applies to one of a dozen princesses.
[128]P. 242:
◆Sisteron, in the Department of the Basses-Alpes, on the Durance. Seat of a Bishopric from the 4th Century down to 1770.
◆Aimeric de Rochechouart (1545–1582) was the bishop of Sisteron; he succeeded his uncle Albin de Rochechouart. As to the “very great lady,” that applies to one of a dozen princesses.
[129]P. 244:◆Pliny, XXXIII., cap. iv. Brantôme is mistaken about the temple.
[129]P. 244:
◆Pliny, XXXIII., cap. iv. Brantôme is mistaken about the temple.
[130]P. 246:◆Claude Blosset, lady of Torcy, the daughter of Jean Blosset and of Anne de Cugnac. She married Louis de Montberon (in 1553), Baron de Fontaines and Chalandray, first gentleman of the king’s bed-chamber. The beautiful Torcy, as she was called, had been presented to Queen Eleonor by Mme. de Canaples, the enemy of Mme. d’Etampes.◆Hubert Thomas,Annales de vita Friderici II. Palatini(Francfort, 1624), gives no idea of this exaggeration of Queen Eleonor’s bust, who was promised to Frederick Palatine.
[130]P. 246:
◆Claude Blosset, lady of Torcy, the daughter of Jean Blosset and of Anne de Cugnac. She married Louis de Montberon (in 1553), Baron de Fontaines and Chalandray, first gentleman of the king’s bed-chamber. The beautiful Torcy, as she was called, had been presented to Queen Eleonor by Mme. de Canaples, the enemy of Mme. d’Etampes.
◆Hubert Thomas,Annales de vita Friderici II. Palatini(Francfort, 1624), gives no idea of this exaggeration of Queen Eleonor’s bust, who was promised to Frederick Palatine.
[131]P. 248:◆Suetonius,Octavius Augustus, cap. lxix.
[131]P. 248:
◆Suetonius,Octavius Augustus, cap. lxix.
[132]P. 249:◆Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, nicknamedle Balafré, born 1550. Murdered by the King’s (Henri III.) orders at Blois in 1588.◆Duc d’Anjou, afterwards Henri III.
[132]P. 249:
◆Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, nicknamedle Balafré, born 1550. Murdered by the King’s (Henri III.) orders at Blois in 1588.
◆Duc d’Anjou, afterwards Henri III.
[133]P. 250:◆The personages in question are probably Bussy d’Amboise and Marguerite de Valois.
[133]P. 250:
◆The personages in question are probably Bussy d’Amboise and Marguerite de Valois.
[134]P. 252:◆The king was Henri II., and the grand widow lady the Duchess de Valentinois. They thought it was due to a charm.
[134]P. 252:
◆The king was Henri II., and the grand widow lady the Duchess de Valentinois. They thought it was due to a charm.
[135]P. 254:◆Pico della Mirandola,Opera omnia, t. II., liv. III., chap. xxii., in the 1517 edition.◆Pico della Mirandola, one of the greatest of all the brilliant scholars of the Renaissance, and so famous for the precocity and versatility of his talents, was born 1463. After completing his studies at Bologna and elsewhere, he visited Rome, where he publicly exhibited a hundred propositionsDe omni re scribili,which he undertook to defend against all comers. The maturity of his powers he devoted to the study of religion and the Platonic philosophy. He died 1494, on the day of Charles VIII.’s entry into Florence.
[135]P. 254:
◆Pico della Mirandola,Opera omnia, t. II., liv. III., chap. xxii., in the 1517 edition.
◆Pico della Mirandola, one of the greatest of all the brilliant scholars of the Renaissance, and so famous for the precocity and versatility of his talents, was born 1463. After completing his studies at Bologna and elsewhere, he visited Rome, where he publicly exhibited a hundred propositionsDe omni re scribili,which he undertook to defend against all comers. The maturity of his powers he devoted to the study of religion and the Platonic philosophy. He died 1494, on the day of Charles VIII.’s entry into Florence.
[136]P. 255:◆Ferdinando Francesco Avalos, Marquis de Pescaire, of a well-known Neapolitan family, began his career as a soldier in 1512 at the battle of Ravenna. Distinguished himself by the capture of Milan (1521) and numerous other brilliant feats of arms. Took an important part in the battle of Pavia, where François I. of France was taken prisoner. Wounded in that battle, and died in the same year, 1525. His wife was the celebrated Vittoria Colonna.
[136]P. 255:
◆Ferdinando Francesco Avalos, Marquis de Pescaire, of a well-known Neapolitan family, began his career as a soldier in 1512 at the battle of Ravenna. Distinguished himself by the capture of Milan (1521) and numerous other brilliant feats of arms. Took an important part in the battle of Pavia, where François I. of France was taken prisoner. Wounded in that battle, and died in the same year, 1525. His wife was the celebrated Vittoria Colonna.
[137]P. 257:◆Josephus,The Antiquities of the Jews, Bk. XV., Chap. vii. Herod the Great; died B. C. 4. He put to death his wife Mariamné, as well as her grandfather and his own sons by her.
[137]P. 257:
◆Josephus,The Antiquities of the Jews, Bk. XV., Chap. vii. Herod the Great; died B. C. 4. He put to death his wife Mariamné, as well as her grandfather and his own sons by her.
[138]P. 258:◆Shiraz, a town of Persia, capital of the Province of Fars, famous for its roses, wine and nightingales, sung by the Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.◆Plutarch,Alexander, Chap. XXXIX.◆It is in hisObservations de plusieurs singularités(Paris, 1554) that Belon reports this fact. (Liv. III., chap. x., p. 179.)
[138]P. 258:
◆Shiraz, a town of Persia, capital of the Province of Fars, famous for its roses, wine and nightingales, sung by the Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.
◆Plutarch,Alexander, Chap. XXXIX.
◆It is in hisObservations de plusieurs singularités(Paris, 1554) that Belon reports this fact. (Liv. III., chap. x., p. 179.)
[139]P. 261:◆The usual form is Ortiagon. The woman is the beautiful Queen Chiomara. (Cf. Livy, XXXVIII., cap. xxiv., and Boccaccio,De claris mulieribus, LXXIV.) Chiomara, wife of Ortiagon, King of Galatia, was taken prisoner by the Romans when Cn. Manlius Vulso invaded Galatia, B. C. 189. The story is told by Polybius (XXII., 21).
[139]P. 261:
◆The usual form is Ortiagon. The woman is the beautiful Queen Chiomara. (Cf. Livy, XXXVIII., cap. xxiv., and Boccaccio,De claris mulieribus, LXXIV.) Chiomara, wife of Ortiagon, King of Galatia, was taken prisoner by the Romans when Cn. Manlius Vulso invaded Galatia, B. C. 189. The story is told by Polybius (XXII., 21).
[140]P. 262:◆Suetonius,Cæsar, LII.
[140]P. 262:
◆Suetonius,Cæsar, LII.
[141]P. 263:◆Livy, XXX., cap. xv.◆Plutarch,Cato the Elder. Brantôme attributes the anecdote to Scipion.
[141]P. 263:
◆Livy, XXX., cap. xv.
◆Plutarch,Cato the Elder. Brantôme attributes the anecdote to Scipion.
[142]P. 265:◆Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise, known as Cardinal de Lorraine, died in 1574. He played an important rôle at the Council of Trente. Brantôme refers to the truce of Vaucelles between Henri II. and the Emperor, which Cardinal Caraffa had succeededin breaking in 1556. This passage had evidently been written before 1588, the year of the death of another Cardinal de Guise, the brother of Balafré.◆The beautiful Venitians are described by Vecellio as wearing exquisite gowns on holidays. (See Vecellio,Habiti antichi, Venice, 1590.)
[142]P. 265:
◆Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise, known as Cardinal de Lorraine, died in 1574. He played an important rôle at the Council of Trente. Brantôme refers to the truce of Vaucelles between Henri II. and the Emperor, which Cardinal Caraffa had succeededin breaking in 1556. This passage had evidently been written before 1588, the year of the death of another Cardinal de Guise, the brother of Balafré.
◆The beautiful Venitians are described by Vecellio as wearing exquisite gowns on holidays. (See Vecellio,Habiti antichi, Venice, 1590.)
[143]P. 266:◆This passage is not in theDies genialesby Alessandro, but in Herodotus, II., chap. ix.
[143]P. 266:
◆This passage is not in theDies genialesby Alessandro, but in Herodotus, II., chap. ix.
[144]P. 267:◆What Brantôme says of Flora is not true. The woman in question was not called Flora, but Acca Taruntia.
[144]P. 267:
◆What Brantôme says of Flora is not true. The woman in question was not called Flora, but Acca Taruntia.
[145]P. 269:◆Pausanius, Suetonius, and Manilius have not written special works on women. Brantôme is no doubt referring to the anecdotes that are found in their works.
[145]P. 269:
◆Pausanius, Suetonius, and Manilius have not written special works on women. Brantôme is no doubt referring to the anecdotes that are found in their works.
[146]P. 273:◆This princess was Catherine de’Medeci.
[146]P. 273:
◆This princess was Catherine de’Medeci.
[147]P. 275:◆The same story has been told of Mademoiselle, cousin german of Louis XIV., with this addition that she was in the habit of giving any of her pages who were tempted by her charms a few louis to enable them to satisfy their passion elsewhere.
[147]P. 275:
◆The same story has been told of Mademoiselle, cousin german of Louis XIV., with this addition that she was in the habit of giving any of her pages who were tempted by her charms a few louis to enable them to satisfy their passion elsewhere.
[148]P. 276:◆Suetonius,Vitellius, cap. ii.: “Messalina petit ut sibi pedes præberet excalceandos.” Brantôme prefers to quote in his own manner.◆LVIIth Tale.◆Undoubtedly the grand prior François de Lorraine, who accompanied Mary Stuart to Scotland; however, D’Aumale and René d’Elbeuf also accompanied her.
[148]P. 276:
◆Suetonius,Vitellius, cap. ii.: “Messalina petit ut sibi pedes præberet excalceandos.” Brantôme prefers to quote in his own manner.
◆LVIIth Tale.
◆Undoubtedly the grand prior François de Lorraine, who accompanied Mary Stuart to Scotland; however, D’Aumale and René d’Elbeuf also accompanied her.
[149]P. 281:◆Philip II., of Spain, son of Charles the Fifth, born 1527; died 1588. The husband of Queen Mary of England.
[149]P. 281:
◆Philip II., of Spain, son of Charles the Fifth, born 1527; died 1588. The husband of Queen Mary of England.
[150]P. 282:◆Béatrix Pacheco was lady of honor to Eleonor d’Autriche prior to 1544 with several other Spanish ladies; she became Countess d’Entremont through her marriage with Sébastien d’Entremont. Her daughter, the woman in question here, was Jacqueline, the secondwife of Admiral de Coligny, against whom the enemies of her husband turned; she was not, however, beyond reproach.
[150]P. 282:
◆Béatrix Pacheco was lady of honor to Eleonor d’Autriche prior to 1544 with several other Spanish ladies; she became Countess d’Entremont through her marriage with Sébastien d’Entremont. Her daughter, the woman in question here, was Jacqueline, the secondwife of Admiral de Coligny, against whom the enemies of her husband turned; she was not, however, beyond reproach.