Dryden and Tate, Absalom and Achitophel, ii. BALAFRÉ (Le), alias Ludovic Lesly, an old archer of the Scottish Guard at Plessis les Tours, one of the castle palaces of Louis XI.

Quentin Durward is the nephew of Ludovic Lesly (surnamed LeBalafré).

In fact, any data relating to their early history would very much oblige, J.U.G.G. Bishop Lesly of Ross' Epitaph.

"Would any of your readers be so kind as to favour me with a copy of the Latin epitaph of Bishop Lesly, of Ross, inscribed on his tomb in the abbey church of Gurtenburg, near Brussels?

Within a short time Ludovic Lesly, or Le Balafré (as he was generally known), a robust hard-featured soldier upwards of six feet high, was announced.

"It is Ludovic Lesly, Sire, whom we call Le Balafré," replied the old soldier.