Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Roches

(Catharine des) had a collection of poems written on her, termed La Puce de Grands-jours de Poitiers.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Rochester
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