‘Esprit né pour la cour et maitre en l’art de plaire Guilleragues qui sais et parler et se taire.’ [24] Quoted by Cordeiro, _op. cit._, p. 21, 1st ed. [25] One of those ecstasies so common in conventual annals is here meant. [26] No. 4 in all editions and translations except that of Cordeiro. [27] A province in the extreme south of Portugal. [28] The Mother Superior of the convent. [29] Gates in the city of Beja: so called because they are on the side which looks toward Mertola, 54 kilometres distant. Both Beja and Mertola are in the province of the Alemtejo. [30] Hérard Bouton and Catherine Lecomte de Nonant. [31] Both Cordeiro and the French texts read ‘first,’ which does not make sense. [32] No. 2 in all editions and translations except that of Cordeiro. [33] Two of Chamilly’s servants. [34] The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which was signed May 2nd, 1668, ratified this peace and put an end to the war called ‘of Devolution.’ [35] D. Brites de Noronha was a professed nun and a companion of Marianna in the convent of the Conception at Beja. [36] Marianna refers to her condition as a Franciscan nun in a small provincial town, not to the rank of her family, which was as good as that of her lover. [37] Marianna was about twenty-six years of age when she first met Chamilly. She had naturally made her profession at sixteen and had been confided to the care of the convent at twelve, or even much earlier, like her sister. Transcriber's Note Duplicate headings have been removed. The following errata were printed before the preface and have been incorporated into the text: Page 33, line 12, _read_ Guilleragues _for_ Guilleraque. „ 37, „ 1 (heading), _read_ Meu _for_ Men. „ 47, „ 16, _read_ appearances _for_ proofs. „ 49, „ 6, _read_ this beginning _for_ this, beginning. „ 54, „ 20, _omit_ ought to. „ 57, „ 18, _read_ paused _for_ passed. „ 62, „ 8, _insert_ one _after_ some. „ 63, „ 9, _read_ at times I do not dare to think I could be jealous and yet not displease you. „ 69, „ 20, _read_ your departure based on such cruel pretexts. „ 70, „ 6, _read_ I could never have been on my guard against all my weaknesses. „ 71, „ 16, _read_ Can it be that you did not care to enjoy them? „ 74, „ 11, _read_ Methinks, even, I am not at all content. „ 77, „ 3, _read_ Would it not be very cruel indeed of you to make. „ 82, „ 3, _read_ What! is all my desire then to be in vain? „ 93, „ 12, _read_ the attachment you might have had for another woman could have caused me. „ 96, „ 19, _read_ never forgets what first awakened it to feelings. „ 100, „ 4, _read_ who does not make them render an exact. „ 102, „ 5, _read_ what confusion, what a false step, what depths. In addition, the following apparent errors have been corrected: