Historiettes, ed. Paris, 1834, tome 1er, p. 72.
Footnote 236: So counted the Pope's Legate in 1596. Cited by Jusserand,
in Sports et Jeux D'Exercise dans L'ancienne France, p. 252.
Footnote 237: A View of France, fol. V, verso.
Footnote 238: Jusserand, op. cit., p. 241. Cited from Thomassin's
Ancienne et nouvelle discipline de l'Eglise, 1725, tome iii. col.
1355.
Footnote 239: The View of France, T 4, verso, V, verso.
Footnote 240: Fol. C.
Footnote 241: Every Man in his Humour, Act IV. Sc. v.
Footnote 242: Touchant les Duels, ed. 1722, p. 79.
Footnote 243: "If in the Court they spie one in a sute of the last yeres
making, they scoffingly say, 'Nous le cognoissons bien, il ne nous
mordra pas, c'est un fruit suranne.' We know him well enough, he will
not hurt us, hee's an Apple of the last yeere" (The View of France,
fol. T 4).
Footnote 244: Instructions for Forreine Travell, 1642.
Footnote 245: Op. cit., pp. 65-70.
Footnote 246: Ibid., pp. 181, 188.
Footnote 247: Op. cit., pp. 193-5.
Footnote 248: Ibid., p. 51.
Footnote 249: "The Great Horse" is the term used of animals for war or
tournaments, in contradistinction to Palfreys, Coursers, Nags, and other
common horses. These animals of "prodigious weight" had to be taught to
perform manoeuvres, and their riders, the art of managing them according
to certain rules and principles. See A New Method ... to Dress Horses,
by William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, London, 1667.
