[43] In the spring of 1416 Poggio Bracciolini visited Baden, and during his stay wrote to his friend, Niccolo Niccoli, a description of the place, which is one of the most graphic and vivid pictures of contemporary life. It is given in Shepherd’s “Life of Poggio.” [44] “... à ceus qui se conforment à eux.” But sense seems to show that a “_ne_” must have slipped out of the text. [45] Rodolf II. [46] 21 batzen = 1 Rhenish florin. [47] Probably Charles, the younger brother of Henry II., who died in 1545. [48] According to Querlon this gentleman was Charles de Montmorenci, afterwards Duc d’Anville and Admiral of France, son of the Constable, Anne de Montmorenci. [49] _Fouasses_, which Querlon describes as “espèce de galettes.” See also Rabelais, Book i., ch. xxv. [50] Markdorf. [51] This is probably meant for Buchhorn, a free imperial city. In 1810 it came under the rule of Würtemberg and received the name of Friedrickshafen. [52] Lindau. [53] A silver coin worth about eighteen pence in English money. [54] The _Cosmographia_ of Sebastian Münster, one of the earliest guide-books. [55] “Il me semble que je n’ay rencontré guères de manières qui ne vaillent les nostres,” _Essais_, iii. 9. Montaigne’s liking for Germany and German ways is very marked. It may perhaps be explained by a passage in _Essais_, i. 25: “Mon père me donna en charge à un Allemand, qui depuis est mort fameux medecin en France.” [56] A gold coin of the time of Louis XI. [57] Wangen. [58] Isny. [59] Now in the museum at Augsburg. The inscription is in Mommsen, _Corpus Insc._, iii. n. 5987:-- IMP. CAESAR. I. SEPTIMIUS. SEVERUS. PIUS. PERTINAX. AUG. ARABIC. ADIAB. PARTHICUS. MAXIMUS. PONTIF. MX. TRB. POT. VIII. IMP. XII. COS. II. P. P. PROCOS. ET IMP. CAESAR. MRCUS. AUREL. ANTONINUS. PIUS. AUG. TRB. POT. IIII. PROCOS. ET. A. CAMB. M. P. XI. [60] This passage seems to show that the servant who acted as Montaigne’s amanuensis for this part of the diary was also his _valet-de-chambre_. [61] St. Gallen. [62] The abbey of Kempten was the most important of South German monasteries. It was founded by Benedictines from St. Gallen in the eighth century, became an imperial free town in 1289, and in 1360 the abbot was made a prince. The old town, as Montaigne saw it, is still Protestant, and a new Catholic suburb has grown up outside the walls. The legend of Hildegarde’s burial there and that she was once abbess of the convent seems to be false. [63] Iller. [64] Pfronten. [65] Füssen. [66] Hohenschwangau. [67] St. Magnus was the first abbot of Kempten. [68] Schongan. [69] Landsberg. [70] Schweikhart, son of Count George von Helfenstein. He was president of the Imperial Court at Innsbruck from 1562-1564. He was a man of learning and literary taste, and translated into German the works of S. Basil and the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. He died in 1591. [71] Livy. [72] Fuggers.