the name is written Osyle, the anagram
of _Loyse_, in which fashion Louise was spelt in old French. It may be
pointed out, _en passant_, that Brantome's grandmother, the Senechale
of Poitou, whose connection with the _Heptameron_ is recorded, was also
named Louise (see ante, vol. i. p. lxxxii.).
PARLAMENTE, wife of Hircan, is supposed by the same commentators to be
Queen Margaret herself; this is assumed mainly because the views
which Parlamente expresses on religion, philosophy, men and women,
are generally in accord with those which the Queen is known to have
professed.
HIRCAN, in M. de Lincy's opinion, might be the Duke of Alencon,
Margaret's first husband. Messrs. Frank and Mont-aiglon, following M.
Lacroix, prefer to identify him as Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre.
They conjecture the name of Hircan to be derived from Ilanricus, a not
uncommon fashion of spelling Henricus. It might, however, simply come
from _hircus_, a he-goat, for Hircan is a man of gross, sensual tastes.
LONGARINE, a young widow, is supposed by M. de Lincy to be Blanche de
Chastillon, _nee_ de Tournon (concerning whom see _ante_, vol. i. p. 84,
n. 7, and p.
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