la légende des siecles

Iblis. See note on PUISSANCE ÉGALE BONTÉ,
Escurial. The vast and gloomy palace near Madrid built by Philip II in the form of a
gridiron in memory of St. Laurence, on whose feast-day he won the battle of St.
Quentin.
L'Inde. The inclusion of India in Philip's dominions can hardly be justified. As King of
Spain he possessed nothing in India, and as King of Portugal only a few trading stations
and fortresses.
For Hugo's conception of the power and position of Spain at this epoch, see Le Rhin:
Conclusion, II, III.
L. 130. Prescott describes Philip as being habitually grave in manner, unsocial and
sombre, and always dressed in black. The Order of the Golden Fleece was the only
jewel he ever wore.
L. 137. 'Better a ruined kingdom, true to itself and its king, than one left unharmed to
the profit of the Devil and the heretics.'—Correspondence of Philip, quoted by Prescott
in the History of Philip II.
Burgos, the ancient capital of Old Castile. Aranjuez, a town in the province of Toledo,
where Philip had a summer residence.
la toison d'or, the Golden Fleece, an order of knighthood founded by Philip the Good,
Duke of Burgundy, in 1420.
grincer un sourire: a bold and vivid expression, grincer meaning 'to gnash the teeth.'
gastadour, from the Lat. vastator, ravager, despoiler.
l'Escaut, the Scheldt. The Adour is a river in Southern France, but no ships for the
Armada came from France. One suspects the influence of gastadour in the line above.
mestre de camp, an old term for commander of a regiment.
L. 182. There were no German vessels in the Armada. ourque, more usually written
bourque, is a small Dutch or Flemish cargo-boat with two masts. It is something
between the modern ketch and the old Flemish 'bilander'.
moço, Spanish word for 'cabin-boy'.
Pausilippe, a promontory near Naples.
LES RAISONS DU MOMOTOMBO.
Placed by itself under the heading L'Inquisition in the series of 1859, and preceded by
the following note:—'Le baptême des volcans est un ancien usage qui remonte aux