Note 381 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 381: See Littré, Dictionnaire, s. v. "Talent;" Du Cange, Glossarium, "talentum, animi decretum, voluntas, desiderium, cupiditas," etc.; cf. Raynouard, Glossaire Provençale, tom. v. p. 296. French was then fashionable at court, in Lisbon as well as in London.[Back to Main Text]