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Enriched by the liberality of Marie de Medicis, he raised at his own expense an army of between five and six thousand men against the rebels; he supported France as though she had been his native country." It is impossible to dwell upon the career of Concini, and not be startled by so extraordinary an encomium. Mercure Français, 1617. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. iv. pp. 27-35. Déageant, Mém. pp. 38-44.
Caravans always encamp beneath it, as whoso sleeps upon the summit loses his senses to evil spirits. At some future day Harar will be destroyed, and "Jannah Siri" will become a flourishing town.
Pierre de Gondy, Bishop of Langres, and subsequently first Archbishop of Paris, who was created a Cardinal by Sixtus V in 1587. He died in the French capital in 1616, in his eighty-fourth year. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 697-700. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 153, 154. Mercure Français, 1612. Cosmo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, succeeded his father Ferdinand in 1609.
Louis, Cardinal de Gonzaga, was the last member of the Novellare branch of the illustrious Italian house of Gonzaga, Dukes of Mantua, and was canonized in 1621 under the title of St. Louis de Gonzaga. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 78. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 577-586. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 78.
When a guest comes in, the siri box is immediately presented, that the mouth may be filled before commencing conversation. In a short time a bee was seen flying before us; and immediately Ali hurried on at a rapid rate, till we came under a tall, straight tree, with a very smooth bark, and without a branch for at least eighty feet from the ground.
The neck supports many strings of beads, long and short, with the indispensable talismans. The body dress is a Tobe or loin-cloth, like that of the men; but under the "Namba," or outer wrapper, which hangs down the feet, there is a "Siri," or petticoat, reaching only to the knees. Both are gathered in front like the Shukkah of the eastern coast, and the bosom is left bare.
Henri de Lorraine, Due d'Aiguillon, who had succeeded to the title of his late father. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 618-620. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 30, 31. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 640-642.
Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 40-42. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 172, 173. Bassompierre, Mém. p. 81. Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 81-87. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 174-178. Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 207-209. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 42, 43. Mercure Français, 1614. Bassompierre, Mém. pp. 88, 89. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 191, 192. Lingard, Hist. of England, vol. ix. p. 271. Siri, Mém.
The betel and areca, which are here called siri and pinang, and chewed by both sexes and every rank in amazing quantities, are all grown by these Indians: Lime is also mixed with these roots here as it is in Savu, but it is less pernicious to the teeth, because it is first slaked, and, besides the lime, a substance called gambir, which is brought from the continent of India; the better sort of women also add cardamum, and many other aromatics, to give the breath an agreeable smell.
Déageant was a man of considerable talent, but crafty and ambitious; his whole career was one of deceit and truckling. After numerous vicissitudes he was committed to the Bastille, where he beguiled the weariness of captivity by composing his Memoirs. Sismondi, vol. xxii. pp. 391, 392. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 583. Richelieu, Unpublished MSS. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. iv. pp. 29-31.
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