Frederic
d'Almenesches, of one of the branches of the house of Foix.

SIMONTAULT (occasionally _Symontaut_), a young knight, is thought by M.
de Lincy to be Henry d'Albret, Margaret's second husband, who was of an
extremely amorous disposition, and much younger than herself. Messrs.
Frank and de Montaiglon, however, fancy _Simontault_ to have been
Francis, Baron de Bourdeilles, father of Brantome. It is admitted,
however, that if this be the case, it is curious that Brantome should
not have alluded to it in any of his writings, whereas he does speak
both of his mother and of his grandmother in connection with the
_Heptameron_.

ENNASUITE (occasionally _Ennasuitte_ or _Ennasuicte_, and in some MSS.
_Emarsuite_), is supposed by Messrs. de Lincy, Frank, and de Montaiglon
to be Anne de Vivonne, wife of Francis de Bourdeilles and mother of
Brantome (see ante, vol. iv. p. 144, n. 2). It is pointed out that the
name may be transformed into the three words _Anne et suite_.

DAGOUCIN, a young gentleman, is thought by M. Frank to be Nicholas Dangu
(see ante, vol. i. p. 20, n. 4, and p. 40, n. 3), who became Chancellor
to the King of Navarre. M. Lacroix, however, fancies this personage to
be a Count d'Agoust.

GEBURON, apparently an elderly man, would in M. Frank's opinion be the
Seigneur de Burye, a captain of the Italian wars to whom Brantome (his
cousin-german) alludes in his writings. The name of de Burye is also
found in a list of the personages present at Queen Margaret's funeral.
M. de Montaiglon shares M. Frank's views.

NOMERFIDE, so M. de Lincy suggests, may have been the famous Frances
de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand; but M. Frank opines that she is a
Demoiselle de Fimarcon or Fiedmarcon (Lat. _Feudimarco_), who in
1525 married John de Montpczat, called "Captain Carbon," one of the
exquisites of the famous Field of the cloth of gold. Miss Robinson,
however, fancies that Nomerfide is Isabel d'Albret, sister of Margaret's
second husband, and wife of Rene de Rohan.

SAFFREDENT, so M. de Lincy thinks, may be Admiral de Bonnivet; M. Frank
suggests John de Montpezat; and Miss Robinson Rene de Rohan, who, after
his father Peter de Rohan-Gie (husband of Rolandine, see _ante_, vol.
iii., Tale XXI, notes 2 and 15), had been killed at Pavia, was for some
years entrusted to Queen Margaret's care. As Miss Robinson points out,
_Saffredent_ literally means greedy tooth or sweet tooth.

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