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Rh P. 316: Alesandro de Medici, killed, in 1637, by his cousin Lorencino.


 * According to Rabelais, poultre (filly) is the name given to a mare that has never been leapt. So Bussy was not speaking with strict accuracy in using the term in this case.

P. 317: Mme. de Chateaubriant.

P. 318: Perhaps Marguerite de Valois and the ugly Martigues. P. 321: The one-eyed Princess d'Kboli and the famous Antonio Perez.

P. 323: Jeanne de Poupincourt.

P. 324: Anne de Berri, Lady de Certeau, at the court in 1583. Helene de Fonsèques.

P. 324: This princess was very ugly.

P. 330: In the sixteenth century it was customary to whip lazy people in bed. See Marot's epigram: Du Jour des Innocens.