ancienne, fem. of ancien ; liere — senior

9. desquels ; wliy not de qui? and 1. 11, par lequel ; why not par qui ?

12. fller au fuseau ; one of the principal uses of à is to form adverbial phrases denoting how or ivhercwith an action is done — peindre à l'huile.

12-13. chez soi, nt home, or, at thcir houses ; as it refers to 'toutes personnes,' \ve might aiso say — chez elles.

BOUS peine de la vie, lit. 'under penalty of life,'that is,

' loss of life ;' say — imdcr imialty of death.

19. ouï, p.p. of ouïr, to hcar ; almost the only parts of that verb still in use are the infinitive and the compound tenses.