par calcul, from self-interest

1. 9. unefîère caboche, a splendid head. See note to p. 7, 1. 8.

1. 11. 7i'en vaille pas une autre, is not as good as another.

1. 12. mordicus, a familiar exclamation which strengthens the assertion. Used as au adverb it meo-ns ' tenaciously,' 'stoutly.' It has the same origin as the verb mordre, to bite.