Note 636 — Chapter XIII · THE FESTIVAL OF BLOOD. [August and September, 1572.]
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“Nobis vel potius reip. satis pœnarum dedit.” In the dedication of his “Comparison between Plato and Aristotle,” published in January, 1573, Charpentier compliments the Cardinal of Lorraine on the “brilliant and sweet day that shone over France in the month of August last.” Dorat says of Ramus punningly: “Maximum ramum maxima furca decet.”