page 26 note † Vide art. vii. [J. B.]

page 26 note ‡ “per principale istromento.”

page 27 note * Antonio Barberini the elder, a member of the Capuchin order, and brother of Urban VIII.

page 27 note † It appears from the MS. Supplement, fols. 38–9, that a passage is here left out as to the preferments bestowed on the Cardinal's brother, of whom it is said that “tutti quelli offizij e dignità non hanno potuto ne saputo incivilire la sua rustica natura.” In consequence of the awkward manner in which the excision was made, the passage is unintelligible in the printed book.

page 27 note ‡ Terzetti, p. 289 (see above, p. 16). Il Cardinalismo, pt. 2, lib. 2, pp. 144, 145.

page 27 note § The French ambassador advises his successor not to trust Ginetto, “non ch' egli sia amico delli Spagmioli, mà perohe è di quella razza di persone che odiano tutti per esser meritevoli dell' abbominattione d' ognno.” (Fol. 286.)