Note 125* — SECOND DISCOURSE
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
[125] P. 238:
◆Marot had arranged this Spanish proverb into a quatrain, and at the time of the Ligue it was applied to the Infanta of Spain:
Pourtant, si je suis brunette, Amy, n’en prenez esmoy, Car autant aymer souhaitte Qu’une plus blanche que moy.