1. 31. L'Armorique : an old name for modern Brittany or Bretagne,

Page 66. — 1. 17. Beaumanoir: Jean III. de Beaumanoir, Marshal of
Brittany for Charles de Blois, and a member of one of the oldest families
of Brittany.
1. 19. Froissart: the most celebrated of the early French chroniclers,
who describes the greater part of the period of the Hundred Years' War.
(1337-HI0O



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NOTES.
Page 67.— 1. 2. Montlort: John of Montfort, supported by the £iig<
Ush in his claims to the ducal throne of Brittany.
L 3. Bdward d'Angleterre : Edward III.
L 30. Merlin : is supposed to have lived in the days of King Arthur, in
the 5th or 6th century.
Page 68. —1. 10. roi de Saint Denis: Philip VI.
1. 18. Charles de Blois : the claimant for Brittany, who was supported
by the French king, his uncle.
1. 25. Laval, Rochefort, Rohan : names of the old families of Brittany.
Page 69. — L 9. à Constantinople : referring to the capture of Con-
stantinople by the Crusaders in 1203.
L 26. Lstare Jemsalem : the first words of the mass for the fourth
Sunday in Lent

Page 70. — L 11. genestaie: a place where the genU^ or furze, is
growing.
1.21. du Gnesclin: one of the greatest warriors of France, who
played a prominent part in the first half of the Hundred Yeûs' War.
(1314-1380.)

1. 22. Bayard : Le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. An illustrious
captain who distinguished himself in the wars of Charles VIII., Louis XII.,
and Francis I. (1475-1524.)

1. 27. Thyrée : Thyrea.
