{110} Hills in the neighbourhood of Quang-Tong.
{127} The Peries, inhabitants of Ginnistan, live upon perfumes, etc.,
etc. See Richardson’s Dissertations.
{133} Thisbe, a favourite greyhound torn to pieces by a mad dog.
{140} See the description of the Grande Chartreuse.
{156} The conduct of the emperor, since the death of his mother, seems
to be accomplishing this prediction apace.
{170a} It is reasonably conjectured that the sea formerly washed the
walls of Padua.
{170b} T. Livius, L. i., c. i.
{170c} Lib. v., c. iv., p. 5.
{171} Called Roscani in Venetian, and reduced to ashes for the glass
manufactory at Murano.
{182} A nephew of Bertoni, and worthy of his uncle.
{214} Mentioned by Dante in his “Purgatorio.”
{240} Mem. pour la Vie de Petrarque, vol. i., p. 439.
{284} Angela are frequently represented, in legendary tales, as riding
on the beams of the moon.