torponniers et maltotiers, extortionate tax-gatherers

Page 187. — I. Lombard, Lombard. As the bankers of mediaeval Europe the Lombards were reputed to exact the letter of their bonds. God, the soldier thinks, will prove more merciful.

2. anspessade, petty infantry officer, lower than a corporal. Obsolète.

3. Notre-Dame de Lorette, Our Lady of Loretto, a shrine in Italy said to contain the house of the Virgin Mary that was borne there through the air by angels in 1294.

i Page 188.— 1. Saint-Écope, St." Scoop" He relies less on prayer to save the boat than on the use of the baling-scoop.

Page 189. — i. nom d'une pipe, a popular oath.