letter i.
[335] In order to render this impertinence intelligible, it is necessary to explain that anciently, when the sovereigns of France were about to swallow their first draught at table, the cup-bearer announced in a loud voice, "The King drinks"; upon which a flourish of trumpets, at a given signal, announced the important fact to those who were not present.
[336] Saint-Edme, vol.ii.pp.

237, 238.
[337] Sully, _Mem_.

vol.vi.p.

233.
[338] Eleonora de Medicis, wife of Vincent I, Duke of Mantua, and sister to the French Queen.
[339] Bassompierre, _Mem_.p.

50.
[340] Ippolito Aldobrandini, subsequently Pope Clement VIII, was born at Fano.