of the horse to Marguerite, sister of the king. (Bib. Nat., Cabinet des Titres, art. Matha.) Aimée de Méré was at the court from 1560 to 1564. Hence this adventure took place during that time. (Bib. Nat. ms. français 7856, fol. 1136, vo.)
P. 108: Provided with "bards," plate-armour used to protect a horse's breast and flanks.
P. 109: This Fontaine-Guérin was in all likelihood Honorat de Bueil, lord of Fontaine-Guerin, gentleman of the king's bed-chamber, councillor of State, who died in 1590. He was a great favorite of Charles IX.
P. 112: The lady in question was Françoise de Rohan, dame de La Garnache, if we are to believe Bayle in the Dict. Critique, p. 1317, 2nd. ed., though there would seem to be some doubt about it. The "very brave and gallant Prince" was the Duc de Nemours.
P. 112: A German dance, the Facheltanz.
P. 113: Marie de Flamin.
P. 114: The son of this lady was Henri d'Angoulème, who killed Altoviti and was killed by him at Aix, and not at Marseilles, June 2, 1586. Philippe Altoviti was the Baron of Castellane; he had married the beautiful Renée de Rieux-Châteauneuf.
P. 115: Le Tigre—a pamphlet by François Hotman directed against the Cardinal de Lorraine and the Duchesse de Guise, 1560.
P. 116: Philibert de Marcilly, lord of Cipierre.
P. 117: That pamphlet was aimed at Anne d'Este, Duchess de Guise, at the time of her marriage with the Duc de Nemours.
P. 119: Brantôme alludes to the hatred of the Duchess de Montpensier.
P. 120: Marie de Clèves, who died during her lying-in in 1574.
P. 120: Catherine Charlotte de La Tremolle, Princess de Condé.
P. 122: Not found anywhere in Brantôme's extant works.
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