P. 225: Sébastien, died in 1578. This passage in Brantôme is not one of the least irreverent of this hardened sceptic.
P. 226: The portraits of Marie disclose a protruding mouth. She is generally represented with a cap over her forehead. This feature is to be found in a marked degree in Queen Eleanore; and her brother Charles V. also had a protruding mouth. The drooping lip was likewise characteristic of all the later Dukes de Bourgogne.
P. 228: The entanglements of which Brantôme speaks were: the revolt of the Germanats, in Spain, in 1522; of Tunis or Barbaric, 1535; the troubles in Italy, also in 1535; the revolt in the Netherlands, provoked by the taxes imposed by Maria, in 1540. M. de Chièvres was Guillaume de Croy.
P. 229: Folembray, the royal residence occupied by François let and later by Henri II. Henri IV. negotiated there with Mayenne during the Ligue.
P. 229: Bains en Hainaut.
P. 230: Claude Blosset, surnamed Torcy, lady of Fontaine Chalandray.
P. 234: Christine of Denmark, daughter of Christian II., first married to Francesco Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. In 1540, five years after her husband's death, she married Francis I. of Lorraine. Her son was Charles II. of Lorraine.
P. 235: N. de La Brosse-Mailly.
P. 235: A small plank attached to the saddle of a lady's horse, and serving to support the rider's feet. Superseded by the single stirrup and pommel.
P. 236: Guy du Faur de Pybrac.
P. 243: Renée, wife of Guillaume V., Duke de Bavière.
P. 246: Blanche de Montferrat, wife of Charles Ier, Duke de Savoie; she died in 1509.
P. 247: Paradin, Chronique de Savoye, III, 85.
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