3 "Des Cheriots" (occasionally Des Cheriotz in the MS.) may
be a play upon the name of D'Escars, sometimes written Des
Cars. According to La Curne de Ste. Palaye _car_ as well as
_char_ signified chariot. The D'Escars dukedom is modern,
dating from 1815, and in the time of Francis I. the family
was of small estate. Some members of it may well have filled
inferior offices about the court, as in 1536 a Demoiselle
Suzanne d'Escars married Geoffrey de Pompadour, who was both
a prothonotary and cupbearer to Francis I., and lived to
become Governor of the Limousin under Charles IX.--M. and
Ed.
4 We take this expression from MS. 1520. Ours says, "a
daughter of the Duke," which is evidently an error.--L.
Albeit, after some time, this Lord des Cheriots so pressed her that,
more through his importunity than through love, she promised to marry
him, begging him, however, not to urge her to reveal the marriage until
her daughters were wedded. After this the gentleman was wont to go with
untroubled conscience to her chamber at whatsoever hour he chose, and
none but a waiting-woman and a serving-man had knowledge of the matter.
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