Note 20* — FIFTH DISCOURSE
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
[20] P. 30:
◆That is why Marguerite de Valois turned away “that big disgusting Viscount de Turenne.” She compared him “to the empty clouds which look well only from without.” (Divorce satyrique.)
◆This is very likely an adventure that happened to Brantôme, and he had occasion to play the rôle of the “gentilhomme content.”