Brantome, who lived in the court of Francis the First, contemporary with Henry the Eighth of England, has recorded the oaths of four succeeding monarchs immediately preceding his time.  He tells us that Louis the Eleventh swore by “God’s Easter;” Charles the Eighth, by “God’s light;” Louis the Twelfth used an oath, still common among the French rabble, “The Devil take me;” but the oath of Francis the First was polished enough for the present day:  it was, “On the word of a gentleman.”

K——­ll, Norfolk.

C. H. B.

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