[50] "... Fue muy buen caballero, y se decia de él que tenia las diez prendas que distinguen à los nobles y generosos, que consisten en bondad, valentia, caballeria, gentileza, poesia, bien hablar, fuerza, destreza en la lanza, en la espada y en el tirar del arco." Conde, II., 63. [51] "Dans les pays soumis à l'Islam on ne voit aucune femme publique."--Viardot: Hist. des Arabes. [52] Conde, II., 93. [53] Escolano: Historia de Valencia. "La lengua maestria de la España es la lemosina." [54] "Con l'altre donne mia vista gabbate." [55] Epistolæ sine titulo. [56] Lobineau: Histoire de Bretagne. [57] Manuscrit de la Bibl. nationale, No. 493, F. [58] Saltus: The Pomps of Satan. [59] Michelet: Hist. de France. [60] Luther: Tisch-Reden. [61] Castiglione: Il Cortegiano. Ficino: Il comento sopra il convito. [62] Firenzuola: Ragionamenti. [63] Sauval: Mémoires Historiques concernant les amours des rois de France. [64] Guiffrey: "Lettres inédites." [65] Tallemant des Reaux: Historiettes. [66] Dupleix: Histoire de Louis XIII. [67] Pierre de l'Estoile: Mémoires et journaux. [68] Macaulay: "History of England." [69] Saint-Victor: L'Espagne sous Charles II. [70] Menzel: Germany. [71] Earl Malmesbury's Diaries and Correspondence. [72] Scherr: Deutsche Kulturgeschichte. [73] Hervey: Memoirs. [74] Goncourt: La Femme au dix-huitième siècle. [75] "Il lui fit sept enfants sans lui dire un mot."--d'Argenson. [76] Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. Superscripted letters are shown in {brackets}. Some quotes are opened with marks but are not closed. Obvious errors have been silently closed, while those requiring interpretation have been left open. The following misprints have been corrected: "at" corrected to "as" (page 131) "hubsands" corrected to "husbands" (page 169) "Wmen" corrected to "Women" (page 215) "it" corrected to "is" (page 260) "Sapho" corrected to "Sappho" (index) "at" corrected to "as" (index) "teh" corrected to "the" (index) The following spellings have been standardized in the index: "Heloïse" standardized to "Héloïse" "Muhammedanism" standardized to "Muhammadanism" "Islam" standardized to "Islâm" "HEPTAMERON" standardized to "HEPTAMÉRON" "MUHAMMED" standardized to "MUHAMMAD" "GERARD" standardized to "GÉRARD" "SCUDERY" standardized to "SCUDÉRY" "Mohammed" standardized to "Muhammad"