implorer Ventrée de. — "To beg for admission into

1. 12. la lettre, etc. — " With the letter of a poor monk in his hand." It is often necessary to use " with " in English where only the article or possessive pronoun are used in French. For à la main, see Gram. , §

1. 17. n'ont d^ oreilles. — " Hâve no ears for bold thoughts except, etc." or ; " hâve ears for bold thoughts only." See Gram., § 604.

1. 19. n'ont v .... ni. — ''Hâve neither . . . nor." ni requires ne before the verb ; the partitive article is also omitted before the noun which foUows. See Gram. , §§ 153 and 387.