M. I'aris, p. 051.

Pafre 443, line 7. " Jf'hich piece," &c.] — M. Paris merely says of these relics "suo tempore acquisitas;" but at p. 546, ad an. 1240, he says that the Emperor Baldwin, in great want of money for his wars against the Greeks, sold the crown of thorns to Louis for a large sum ; and at p. 551, ad an. 1241, he mentions the purchase of the holy cross by Blanche for £25,000 from the Venetians, who had purchased it of two sons of the king of Jerusalem, who wanted money to fight against the Greeks. Louis bought it of his mother, and made a grand procession at Paris, to display this and the purchase of the year before, on the Friday after Easter-day, i.e. April 5th, a. d. 1241. M.Paris adds, that Louis also possessed the robe, spear, sponge, and other rcliques, which he put in a splendid chapel at Paris ; and that the pope allowed forty davs' indulgence to all who there visited them.
The deposition of Baldwin here alluded to is not his final one, but early in the year 1244; see M. Paris, p. 618, where it is related that, all his treasure being exhausted, he was forced to fly to the Emperor Frederic.
Page 443, line 10 from the bottom.] — Thi? list of French nobles has been verified and corrected bv L'Art de V6r. des Dates.
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Page 443, line 3 from the bottom.] — Tliis parliamei.t was lield " circa medium Quadragesima! a.d. J247, according to M. Paris, p. 725.
Page 444, line 7 from the bottom.] — " In os." — /)/. Paris, p. 743.
Page 446, note (2).] — "In insula vero Cypri dum ibidem Rex Francia? hyemaret, migraverunc ad Dominum viri multi pra'clari : et n)uUi in itinero, tarn per terram cpiam per mare, quos longum numerare. Obiit tamen vir przBclarus, Episcopus Noviomensis, comes Palatinus et unus de XII paribus Francii£, in navi nou procnl a Cypro." (M. Paris, p. 771.) Who tlie twelve peers of France were, is stated in the note on p. 378; they are enumerated by