PAGE 22.--1. CHÂTEAU-CAMBRÉSIS (usually written Câteau-Cambrésis), a
city in the Department of Nord, situated upon a hill overlooking the
Selle, about fifteen miles southeast of Cambrai. Here was signed, on
April 3, 1559, a treaty between Henry II. and Philip II., by which
certain cities, as Thionville, Montmédy, etc., were made over to Spain,
and France recovered Saint-Quentin. The possession of Calais and of the
three bishoprics (Metz, Toul, and Verdun) were also assured to Henry II.
PAGE 24.--1. DEVANT QUE, obsolete for _avant que_. Vaugelas in
_Remarques sur la langue française_ says "'Avant que,' 'devant que.'
Tous deux sont bons, mais 'avant que' est plus de la cour et plus en
usage."