[117] Fynes Moryson, writing about ten years later, gives quite as bad a report of the inns in these parts. _Itinerary_, p. 164. [118] Montaigne’s omission of all notice of the French victory at Fornovo in 1495 is an instance of his freedom from swagger. [119] Borgo San Donino. [120] A sort of fruit salad. [121] “The name of a march or point of warre, sounded by trumpeters to their general or captain in a morning at their uprising” (Florio). [122] Ottavio Farnese. [123] Built from Vignola’s design. [124] It is difficult to gather the meaning of this sentence. At Innsbruck Montaigne had seen Andreas and Charles, the sons of the Archduke and Philipina Welser, but there was never any question that either of these would attain such a dignity as is here alluded to. [125] Montaigne is here speaking of the Church of S. Pietro in Cielo d’Oro, which at the time of his visit was called S. Agostino. The tomb was subsequently moved into the cathedral, where it remained till 1900, when it was restored to its old site. [126] A slip for Marcus Aurelius. This statue was known as the Regisole. There is a legend that it was brought from Ravenna by Charlemagne. It was destroyed at the end of the eighteenth century in a popular tumult. Fynes Moryson gives a further legend that it was made by magic arts by the Emperor Anastatius for his own image. [127] This building was begun in 1564. [128] Sesia. [129] “Such men as upon the Alps convey over passengers in sledges or hurdles” (Florio). [130] Lans le Bourg. [131] Louis de Bourbon, who died in 1582. [132] A coin struck in the reign of Charles VIII., and called after him. [133] Escus-sol. “The best kind of crown that is now made hath a little star on one side” (Cotgrave). [134] Montaigne is in the arrondissement of Bergerac in Périgord. In 1860 the castle was bought by M. Magne, a minister of Napoleon III., and rebuilt. In 1885 it was destroyed by fire. Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. Italics are represented by _italic_.