[99]P. 217:◆It is the Château d’Usson in Auvergne.
[99]P. 217:
◆It is the Château d’Usson in Auvergne.
[100]P. 218:◆Louis de Saint-gelais-Lansac.
[100]P. 218:
◆Louis de Saint-gelais-Lansac.
[101]P. 220:◆Jeanne, married to Jean, Prince of Portugal. She died in 1578.
[101]P. 220:
◆Jeanne, married to Jean, Prince of Portugal. She died in 1578.
[102]P. 225:◆Sébastien, died in 1578. This passage in Brantôme is not one of the least irreverent of this hardened sceptic.
[102]P. 225:
◆Sébastien, died in 1578. This passage in Brantôme is not one of the least irreverent of this hardened sceptic.
[103]P. 226:◆The portraits of Marie disclose a protruding mouth. She is generally represented with a cap over her forehead. This feature is to be found in a marked degree in Queen Eleanore; and her brother Charles V. also had a protruding mouth. The drooping lip was likewise characteristic of all the later Dukes de Bourgogne.
[103]P. 226:
◆The portraits of Marie disclose a protruding mouth. She is generally represented with a cap over her forehead. This feature is to be found in a marked degree in Queen Eleanore; and her brother Charles V. also had a protruding mouth. The drooping lip was likewise characteristic of all the later Dukes de Bourgogne.
[104]P. 228:◆The entanglements of which Brantôme speaks were: the revolt of the Germanats, in Spain, in 1522; of Tunis or Barbarie, 1535; the troubles in Italy, also in 1535; the revolt in the Netherlands, provoked by the taxes imposed by Maria, in 1540. M. de Chièvres was Guillaume de Croy.
[104]P. 228:
◆The entanglements of which Brantôme speaks were: the revolt of the Germanats, in Spain, in 1522; of Tunis or Barbarie, 1535; the troubles in Italy, also in 1535; the revolt in the Netherlands, provoked by the taxes imposed by Maria, in 1540. M. de Chièvres was Guillaume de Croy.
[105]P. 229:◆Folembray, the royal residence occupied by François I^{er} and later by Henri II. Henri IV. negotiated there with Mayenne during the Ligue.◆Bains en Hainaut.
[105]P. 229:
◆Folembray, the royal residence occupied by François I^{er} and later by Henri II. Henri IV. negotiated there with Mayenne during the Ligue.
◆Bains en Hainaut.
[106]P. 230:◆Claude Blosset, surnamed Torcy, lady of Fontaine Chalandray.
[106]P. 230:
◆Claude Blosset, surnamed Torcy, lady of Fontaine Chalandray.
[107]P. 234:◆Christine of Denmark, daughter of Christian II., first married to Francesco Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. In 1540, five years after her husband’s death, she married Francis I. of Lorraine. Her son was Charles II. of Lorraine.◆N. de La Brosse-Mailly.
[107]P. 234:
◆Christine of Denmark, daughter of Christian II., first married to Francesco Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. In 1540, five years after her husband’s death, she married Francis I. of Lorraine. Her son was Charles II. of Lorraine.
◆N. de La Brosse-Mailly.
[108]P. 285:◆A small plank attached to the saddle of a lady’s horse, and serving to support the rider’s feet. Superseded by the single stirrup and pommel.
[108]P. 285:
◆A small plank attached to the saddle of a lady’s horse, and serving to support the rider’s feet. Superseded by the single stirrup and pommel.
[109]P. 236:◆Guy du Faur de Pybrac.
[109]P. 236:
◆Guy du Faur de Pybrac.
[110]P. 243:◆Renée, wife of Guillaume V., Duke de Bavière.
[110]P. 243:
◆Renée, wife of Guillaume V., Duke de Bavière.
[111]P. 246:◆Blanche de Montferrat, wife of Charles I^{er}, Duke de Savoie; she died in 1509.
[111]P. 246:
◆Blanche de Montferrat, wife of Charles I^{er}, Duke de Savoie; she died in 1509.
[112]P. 247:◆Paradin,Chronique de Savoye, III, 85.◆The seneschal’s lady of Poitou was Mme. de Vivonne.
[112]P. 247:
◆Paradin,Chronique de Savoye, III, 85.
◆The seneschal’s lady of Poitou was Mme. de Vivonne.
[113]P. 249:◆Nicolas de Lorraine-Vaudemont, father-in-law of Henri III.◆Françoise d’Orléans, widow of Louis, Prince de Condé.
[113]P. 249:
◆Nicolas de Lorraine-Vaudemont, father-in-law of Henri III.
◆Françoise d’Orléans, widow of Louis, Prince de Condé.
[114]P. 250:◆Louise, daughter of Nicolas de Lorraine-Vaudemont, married in 1575; she died in 1601.
[114]P. 250:
◆Louise, daughter of Nicolas de Lorraine-Vaudemont, married in 1575; she died in 1601.
[115]P. 252:◆Jean de Talleyrand, former ambassador at Rome.
[115]P. 252:
◆Jean de Talleyrand, former ambassador at Rome.
[116]P. 255:◆Refers of course to the assassination of Henri III., by the monk Clément (1589).
[116]P. 255:
◆Refers of course to the assassination of Henri III., by the monk Clément (1589).
[117]P. 256:◆Marguerite de Lorraine, whose second marriage was with François de Luxembourg, Duke de Piney.◆Mayenne, Duke du Maine.◆Aymard de Chastes.
[117]P. 256:
◆Marguerite de Lorraine, whose second marriage was with François de Luxembourg, Duke de Piney.
◆Mayenne, Duke du Maine.
◆Aymard de Chastes.
[118]P. 257:◆Catherine de Lorraine.
[118]P. 257:
◆Catherine de Lorraine.
[119]P. 273:◆Jean Dorat, died in 1588. Louis de Béranger du Guast.
[119]P. 273:
◆Jean Dorat, died in 1588. Louis de Béranger du Guast.
[120]P. 280:◆Caesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI.◆Thomas de Foix, lord of Lescun, brother of Mme. de Châteaubriant.◆Piero Strozzi, Field Marshal of France.
[120]P. 280:
◆Caesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI.
◆Thomas de Foix, lord of Lescun, brother of Mme. de Châteaubriant.
◆Piero Strozzi, Field Marshal of France.
[121]P. 281:◆Jean de Bourdeille, brother of Brantôme. He died at the age of twenty-five at the siege of Hesdin. It was from him that the joint title of Brantôme passed on to our author.◆Henri de Clermont, Viscount de Tallard.◆André de Soleillas, Bishop of Riez in Provence, in 1576. He had a mistress who was given to playing the prude, but whose hypocrisy did not deceive King Henri IV. That Prince, one dayrebuking this lady for her love affairs, said her only delight was inle jeune et l’oraison,—fast and prayer.
[121]P. 281:
◆Jean de Bourdeille, brother of Brantôme. He died at the age of twenty-five at the siege of Hesdin. It was from him that the joint title of Brantôme passed on to our author.
◆Henri de Clermont, Viscount de Tallard.
◆André de Soleillas, Bishop of Riez in Provence, in 1576. He had a mistress who was given to playing the prude, but whose hypocrisy did not deceive King Henri IV. That Prince, one dayrebuking this lady for her love affairs, said her only delight was inle jeune et l’oraison,—fast and prayer.
[122]P. 282:◆This widow of a Field Marshal of France was very likely the lady of Field Marshal de Saint-André. She wedded as a second husband Geoffroi de Caumont, abbé de Clairac. She called herself Marguerite de Lustrac. As for Brantôme’s aunt, it should be Philippe de Beaupoil; she married La Chasteignerie, and as a second husband François de Caumont d’Aymé.
[122]P. 282:
◆This widow of a Field Marshal of France was very likely the lady of Field Marshal de Saint-André. She wedded as a second husband Geoffroi de Caumont, abbé de Clairac. She called herself Marguerite de Lustrac. As for Brantôme’s aunt, it should be Philippe de Beaupoil; she married La Chasteignerie, and as a second husband François de Caumont d’Aymé.
[123]P. 285:◆Anne d’Anglure de Givry, son of Jeanne Chabot and René d’Anglure de Givry. Jeanne married as a second husband Field Marshal de La Chastre.◆Jean du Bellay and Blanche de Tournon.
[123]P. 285:
◆Anne d’Anglure de Givry, son of Jeanne Chabot and René d’Anglure de Givry. Jeanne married as a second husband Field Marshal de La Chastre.
◆Jean du Bellay and Blanche de Tournon.
[124]P. 288:◆Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Chastillon, married to Elizabeth de Hauteville.
[124]P. 288:
◆Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Chastillon, married to Elizabeth de Hauteville.
[125]P. 290:◆Henri II., who neglected his wife, the Queen, for the Duchesse de Valentinois (Diane de Poitiers), who was already quite an old woman and had been his father, the preceding King’s, mistress.
[125]P. 290:
◆Henri II., who neglected his wife, the Queen, for the Duchesse de Valentinois (Diane de Poitiers), who was already quite an old woman and had been his father, the preceding King’s, mistress.
[126]P. 293:◆About the year 400 of the Christian era, St. Jerome witnessed the woman’s funeral, and he it is reports the fact mentioned in the text.Epist. ad Ageruchiam, De Monogamia.◆Charles de Rochechouart.
[126]P. 293:
◆About the year 400 of the Christian era, St. Jerome witnessed the woman’s funeral, and he it is reports the fact mentioned in the text.Epist. ad Ageruchiam, De Monogamia.
◆Charles de Rochechouart.
[127]P. 302:◆Scio was taken in 1566 by the Turks.
[127]P. 302:
◆Scio was taken in 1566 by the Turks.
[128]P. 309:◆It was to her that King Henri IV. said at a court ball by way of amusing the company, that she had used green wood and dry wood both. This jest he made at her expense, because the said lady did never spare any other woman’s good name.
[128]P. 309:
◆It was to her that King Henri IV. said at a court ball by way of amusing the company, that she had used green wood and dry wood both. This jest he made at her expense, because the said lady did never spare any other woman’s good name.
[129]P. 310:◆L’histoire et Plaisante cronique du Petit Jehan de Saintré, par Antoine de La Salle. Paris, 1517.
[129]P. 310:
◆L’histoire et Plaisante cronique du Petit Jehan de Saintré, par Antoine de La Salle. Paris, 1517.
[130]P. 312:◆XLVth Tale.
[130]P. 312:
◆XLVth Tale.
[131]P. 314:◆According to Rabelais,poultre(filly) is the name given to a mare that has never been leapt. So Bussy was not speaking with strict accuracy in using the term in this case.
[131]P. 314:
◆According to Rabelais,poultre(filly) is the name given to a mare that has never been leapt. So Bussy was not speaking with strict accuracy in using the term in this case.
[132]P. 316:◆An allusion to the affair of Jarnac, who killed La Chasteignerie, Brantôme’s uncle, in a duel (1547) with an unexpected and decisive thrust of the sword.◆Alesandro de Medici, killed, in 1537, by his cousin Lorenzino.
[132]P. 316:
◆An allusion to the affair of Jarnac, who killed La Chasteignerie, Brantôme’s uncle, in a duel (1547) with an unexpected and decisive thrust of the sword.
◆Alesandro de Medici, killed, in 1537, by his cousin Lorenzino.
[133]P. 317:◆Mme. de Chateaubriant.
[133]P. 317:
◆Mme. de Chateaubriant.
[134]P. 318:◆Perhaps Marguerite de Valois and the ugly Martigues.
[134]P. 318:
◆Perhaps Marguerite de Valois and the ugly Martigues.
[135]P. 321:◆The one-eyed Princess d’Eboli and the famous Antonio Perez.
[135]P. 321:
◆The one-eyed Princess d’Eboli and the famous Antonio Perez.
[136]P. 323:◆Jeanne de Poupincourt.
[136]P. 323:
◆Jeanne de Poupincourt.
[137]P. 324:◆Anne de Berri, Lady de Certeau, at the court in 1583. Hélène de Fonsèques.◆This princess was very ugly.
[137]P. 324:
◆Anne de Berri, Lady de Certeau, at the court in 1583. Hélène de Fonsèques.
◆This princess was very ugly.
[138]P. 330:◆In the sixteenth century it was customary to whip lazy people in bed. See Marot’s epigram: Du Jour des Innocens.
[138]P. 330:
◆In the sixteenth century it was customary to whip lazy people in bed. See Marot’s epigram: Du Jour des Innocens.
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