to this land one banished priest,
where I made one small fortune; and now I am dying, to whom should I
leave the fruits of my philology but to my blood-relations? In God's
name, let me sign. Monsieur Boileau left the fruits of his verses to his
niece; _eh bien_, I will bequeath the fruits of my philology to my niece
and nephew. There, there! thanks be to God, it is done! They take me
for a fool; I am no fool. Leave to the Pope the fruits of my philology!
Bah, bah! I do no such thing. I do like Monsieur Boileau."]

Page 93. Earl's Home: Earlham Hall, the residence of Joseph John Gurney
(1788-1847), the Norwich banker and famous Quaker. The "tall figure"
mentioned on the next page was Mr. Gurney, then twenty-eight years of
age.--95. Only read Greek: This is a mistake. Mr. Gurney was an early
student of Italian. See Braithwaite's _Life_, i., pp. 25 and 49.--Zohar:
Very correct. Braithwaite, i., p. 37.--Abarbenel, read Abarb_a_nel or
Abrabanel: A Spanish Jew driven from Spain in 1492. See p. 282.--97.
Castle Hill: Norwich.--97. Fair of horses: Tombland Fair, held on Maundy
Thursday every year.--100. Heath: Mousehold Heath, near Norwich. See
also pp. 106, 161, etc.--112. "Gemiti, sospiri ed alti guai" (compare
Dante, _Inf._, iii., 8: "_Quivi sospiri_, _pianti_, _e alti guai_"):
Groans, sighs, and deep lamentations.--114. Ab Gwilym: See _Bibliog._ at
the end of _Romany Rye_.--114. Cowydd: A species of Welsh poetry.--114.
Eos (W.); Nightingale.--114. Narrow Court: Tuck's Court, St. Giles,
Norwich.--115. Old master: William Simpson of the law firm of Simpson &
Rackham, Norwich.--115. Bon jour: read "_Bonjour_ . . . ! _bien des
chases de ma part a Monsieur Peyrecourt_ or _Pierrecourt_". "Expressions"
in this sense (kind regards) is the Spanish _expresiones_, disguised as
French.--118. Bwa Bach: The "little hunchback". See p. 114.--119 to 125.
Parkinson the poet: This character, who appears for the first time among
the inedited episodes of _Lavengro_, was a real one, although his true
name (Parkerson) is given somewhat veiled, as usual with Mr. Borrow. He
seems to have been the poet-laureate of farmers, corn-merchants, drovers
and publicans, selling his muse to the highest bidder, at first in
printed sheets of eight pages, and subsequently gathered into pamphlets
of thirty or more pages which he offered for one or two shillings each.
They were printed by R. Walker, "near the Duke's Palace, Norwich," and
sold by "L