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44-4: =Piamonte=: _Piedmont,_ a province of northern Italy.

44-5: =que aprendan=: cf. note _iQue... muera,_ p. 3, 6.

44-6: =a ver=: _let us see. A ver_ may sometimes be rendered more
freely, as _here! look here_!

44-7: =rendidos=: _worn out_.

44-8: =veintisiete=: cf. note _veintiun_, p. 22, 2.

44-9: =Gerona=: a city of Cataluna (province of northeastern Spain).
It surrendered to the French in 1808, after heroically sustaining a
siege for seven months.

44-10: =no creais=: cf. note _no seas,_ p. 6, 7.