Note 36 — Chapter II
Henry Vizetelly translation
Mémoires de Madame de Motteville, p. 18. “In our time,” adds Madame de Motteville, “there has existed what the Spaniards call fucezas.” “This word,” remarks the commentator on these Memoirs, “appears to come from huso, a distaff. It seems to express the idea of spinning love.”