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216 [That is, is fickle. The translator is here indebted to Miss

Biggs's version.]

217 [Charles Francois Dumouriez (1739-1823) was an agent of the

French government sent to support the Confederacy of Bar. He

later became prominent in the affairs of his own country.]

218 [The Piasts were the first royal dynasty of Poland. In later

times the name was used to denote any candidate for the Polish

throne who was of native birth.]

219 [The italicised words are of foreign origin in the original

text. For old Maciek everything not Polish is Muscovite or

German. Gerwazy has the same way of thinking: compare p. 318.]

220 [Doubtless Maciek had heard of the excommunication of

Napoleon by Pius VII. in 1809.]

221 The fashion of adopting the French garb raged in the

provinces from 1800 to 1812. The majority of the young men

changed their style of dress before marriage at the desire of

their future wives. [On the kontusz see note 13.]