chacun des points et articles contenus au traite de paix,
renonciation, et amitie."

FN 12 George Psalmanazar's account of the state of the south of
France at this tune is curious. On the high road near Lyons he
frequently passed corpses fastened to posts. "These," he says,
"were the bodies of highwaymen, or rather of soldiers, sailors,
mariners and even galley slaves, disbanded after the peace of
Reswick, who, having neither home nor occupation, used to infest
the roads in troops, plunder towns and villages, and, when taken,
were hanged at the county town by dozens, or even scores
sometimes, after which their bodies were thus exposed along the
highway in terrorem."

FN 13 "Il est de bonne foi dans tout ce qu'il fait. Son procede
est droit et sincere." Tallard to Lewis, July 3. 1698.

FN 14 "Le Roi d'Angleterre, Sire, va tres sincerement jusqu'a
present; et j'ose dire que s'il entre une fois en traite avec
Votre Majeste, il le tiendra de bonne foi."--"Si je l'ose dire a
V. M., il est tres penetrant, et a l'esprit juste. Il s'apercevra
bientôt qu'on barguigne si les choses trainent trop de long."
July 8.

FN 15 I will quote from the despatches of Lewis to Tallard three
or four passages which show that the value of the kingdom of the
Two Sicilies was quite justly appreciated at Versailles. "A
l'egard du royaume de Naples et de Sicile le roi d'Angleterre
objectera que les places de ces etats entre mes mains me rendront
maitre du commerce de la Mediteranee. Vous pourrez en ce cas