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Allusion to the clandestine love between the Duke of Buckingham and Anne of Austria (wife of French King Louis XIII), related in Dumas's The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers.

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In the Bible, Luke 16:21, Lazarus has only the crumbs from the table of the rich to feed on.

56.

References are to Johann Muller Regiomonta.n.u.s (1436-1476), a German astronomer, and Archytas (428-347 B.C.), a Greek philosopher.

57.

In 1640, during the Thirty Years War, the town of Arras in northeastern France was occupied by the Spanish. The historical Cyrano fought and was wounded in this siege.

58.

Type of visorless helmet, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

59.

Literally, ”word” (French), but also a sentence, particularly one combining elegance, wit, and incisiveness.

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In French, the word for ”white plume” is panache; see the Introduction for a discussion of this word.

61.

Those who follow an army and sell provisions to the officers and soldiers.

62.

Gold (French).

63.

Spanish n.o.bleman or gentleman by birth.

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Sauce for fish or fowl; also a dish of various meats, boiled and served cold.