PAGE 67.--1. LA DUCHESSE DE MERCOEUR, Jeanne de Savoie, second wife of
Nicholas, Count of Vaudemont, Duke of Mercoeur. Her son was the
celebrated Philippe-Emmanuel of Lorraine, Duke of Mercoeur.
2. À TOUTE BRIDE, "at full speed." A similar phrase is _à bride
abattue_.
PAGE 70.--1. QUE TOUT CE QU'IL Y A JAMAIS EU DE FEMMES AU MONDE, "than
any woman who has ever lived." The neuter relative in a personal sense
is not infrequently used by Madame de la Fayette (see page 16, line 29).
PAGE 72.--1. JE NE VOUS SAUROIS CROIRE, "I cannot believe you." ("In the
conditional and pluperfect _savoir_ is employed for_pouvoir_."--Littré.)
PAGE 79.--1. LE CONNÉTABLE, Anne, Duke of Montmorency (1492-1567). He
distinguished himself during the wars of Francis I. and was made
Constable in 1538. Some time after he was banished from the Court and
retired to his estates till the accession of Henry II., when he was
again invested with his former dignities. During the wars of religion he
commanded the royal army against the Huguenots, and was fatally wounded
at Saint-Denis.
2. LE PRINCE D'ORANGE (1533-1584). William of Nassau, Prince of Orange,
founder of the Republic of Holland, was the son of William the Old,
Count of Nassau. In 1544 he received the title of Prince of Orange. He
was brought up at the Court of Charles V., and in 1554 was placed in
command of the army in Flanders. He won the confidence of the Emperor,
and was sent into France to hasten the Treaty of Câteau-Cambrésis,
Philip II., however, was not favorably disposed toward the Prince, and
appointed the Duke of Alva as governor in the Netherlands; the cruelties
of the latter drew upon him the opposition of the people, and the Prince
of Orange made himself their leader. The removal of Alva was accompanied
by a temporary withdrawal of the Spanish forces; upon their return, the
Prince again took the people's part, and, on January 29, 1579, induced
them to adopt the famous treaty called the _Union of Utrecht_, which
forms the foundation of the liberties of Holland. After various attempts
had been made against the life of the Prince, he was at length
assassinated at Delft.
PAGE 80.--1. ELLE N'AVOIT PAS LE JOUR AU VISAGE, "her face was in the
dark."
PAGE 85.--1. CETTE SEULE CURIOSITÉ, "that curiosity alone." (See also
page 126, line 15: _la seule bienséance_.)
PAGE 90.--1. L'ÉVÊCHÉ, the Episcopal Palace.
2. L'HÔTEL DE VILLEROY, a palace on the Rue des Poulies. It was built in
the middle of the thirteenth century by Alphonse, brother of St. Louis.
From 1421 it was called _l'Hôtel d'Alençon_. At the beginning of the
sixteenth century it passed into the hands of Nicholas de Neufville,
Seigneur de Villeroy, and took the name of _l'Hôtel de Villeroy_. It was
sold in 1568 to the Duke of Anjou (afterwards Henry III.), and for some
time was called after him. Later on it was greatly improved and partly
rebuilt by the Duchess of Longueville, and since then has been known as
_l'Hôtel de Longueville_.