◆Oldrade, a jurist, was born at Lodi in the thirteenth century. His _Codex de falsa moneta_ is not known. [128] P. 242: ◆Sisteron, in the Department of the Basses-Alpes, on the Durance. Seat of a Bishopric from the 4th Century down to 1770. ◆Aimeric de Rochechouart (1545–1582) was the bishop of Sisteron; he succeeded his uncle Albin de Rochechouart. As to the “very great lady,” that applies to one of a dozen princesses. [129] P. 244: ◆Pliny, XXXIII., cap. iv. Brantôme is mistaken about the temple. [130] P. 246: ◆Claude Blosset, lady of Torcy, the daughter of Jean Blosset and of Anne de Cugnac. She married Louis de Montberon (in 1553), Baron de Fontaines and Chalandray, first gentleman of the king’s bed-chamber. The beautiful Torcy, as she was called, had been presented to Queen Eleonor by Mme. de Canaples, the enemy of Mme. d’Etampes. ◆Hubert Thomas, _Annales de vita Friderici II. Palatini_ (Francfort, 1624), gives no idea of this exaggeration of Queen Eleonor’s bust, who was promised to Frederick Palatine. [131] P. 248: ◆Suetonius, _Octavius Augustus_, cap. lxix. [132] P. 249: ◆Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, nicknamed _le Balafré_, born 1550. Murdered by the King’s (Henri III.) orders at Blois in 1588. ◆Duc d’Anjou, afterwards Henri III. [133] P. 250: ◆The personages in question are probably Bussy d’Amboise and Marguerite de Valois. [134] P. 252: ◆The king was Henri II., and the grand widow lady the Duchess de Valentinois. They thought it was due to a charm. [135] P. 254: ◆Pico della Mirandola, _Opera omnia_, t. II., liv. III., chap. xxii., in the 1517 edition. ◆Pico della Mirandola, one of the greatest of all the brilliant scholars of the Renaissance, and so famous for the precocity and versatility of his talents, was born 1463. After completing his studies at Bologna and elsewhere, he visited Rome, where he publicly exhibited a hundred propositions _De omni re scribili_, which he undertook to defend against all comers. The maturity of his powers he devoted to the study of religion and the Platonic philosophy. He died 1494, on the day of Charles VIII.’s entry into Florence. [136] P. 255: ◆Ferdinando Francesco Avalos, Marquis de Pescaire, of a well-known Neapolitan family, began his career as a soldier in 1512 at the battle of Ravenna. Distinguished himself by the capture of Milan (1521) and numerous other brilliant feats of arms. Took an important part in the battle of Pavia, where François I. of France was taken prisoner. Wounded in that battle, and died in the same year, 1525. His wife was the celebrated Vittoria Colonna. [137] P. 257: ◆Josephus, _The Antiquities of the Jews_, Bk. XV., Chap. vii. Herod the Great; died B. C. 4. He put to death his wife Mariamné, as well as her grandfather and his own sons by her. [138] P. 258: