Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : William Godwin Text : ---------------------------------- [1] To this story, in the book from which I have quoted it, is subjoined the following reference:—“Mémoires Historiques, 1687, tom. i. p. 365.” Being desirous of giving my extract from the oldest authority, I caused the British Museum, and the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge, to be searched for this publication, but in vain. The story and the reference are, not improbably, both of them the fictions of the English writer. [2] Johnson’s Occasional Prologue on Garrick’s assuming the management of Drury-lane Theater. [3] Charles V. [4] Henry VIII. [5] Antonio de Leyva. [6] The constable of Bourbon. [7] Mistresses of Francis I. [8] The battle of Cerisolles. [9] This incident is told, nearly in the words of St. Leon, by Thuanus, Historiæ Sui Temporis, lib. 2. cap. 14. From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org Events : ---------------------------------- Notes -- Added : January 05, 2021 Notes -- Updated : January 17, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://revoltlib.com/