PAGE 52.--1. See note on Vidame de Chartres, page 3, note 1.
2. MADAME DE THÉMINES, Anne de Puymisson, wife of Jean, Seigneur de
Lousière, de Thémines, and Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, Governor of
Beziers.
3. FONTAINEBLEAU, a residence of the kings of France since Louis VII. It
is situated about 38 miles southeast of Paris in the beautiful forest of
Fontainebleau. The palace is composed of numerous buildings and
galleries erected at different epochs; among the most magnificent are
the Gallery of Henry II., and the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, built in
1529. Fontainebleau was greatly enriched by St. Louis, Francis I., Henry
II., Henry IV., Louis XIV., and Napoleon. Here in 1685 Louis XIV. signed
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and here also, on April 4, 1814,
Napoleon abdicated in favor of his son. Fontainebleau is the birthplace
of Henry III. and Louis XIII.
PAGE 54.--1. MADAME DE MARTIGUES, Marie de Beaucaire, daughter of Jean
de Puyguillon, Seneschal of Poitou. She was familiarly known as
Mademoiselle de Villemontays. She married Sébastien de Luxembourg,
Viscomte de Martigues, called "le chevalier sans peur," by reason of his
bravery while serving under Henry II., Francis II., and Charles IX.; he
was killed during the siege of Saint-Jean d'Angely, November 20, 1569.
Madame de Martigues died in 1613.
PAGE 58.--1. SANS CHERCHER DE DÉTOURS, "openly." Compare such phrases
as: _user de détour_, "to use evasions"; _agir sans détour_, "to act
uprightly."
PAGE 61.--1. CHEZ LA REINE, i.e. _la Reine Dauphine_.
PAGE 62.--1. IL N'Y A QUE VOUS DE FEMME AU MONDE, "there is no other
woman in the world except you."