Pater, the Lord* s Frayer

Pagro 40. — I. Grégoire, Gregory^ bom in Rome about the year 540 ; dled in 604 ; became pope in 590.

2. saint Fiacre (600-670), an Irish monk, patron saint of gardeners.

Page 41. — I. saint Eyroult lived in the 6th century; he founded a number of monasteries and convents, the first of which was situated near the village of Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-Du-BoiSf in the department of Orne in Normandy.

Page 42. — i. s'il se peut, if it is possible. •

2. ce n'est pas . . . que TOtre saint . . . This type of construction, called 2Lgallicism (construction peculiar to the French language), is used to render a predicate noun emphatic; example: Citait un grand capitaine que César^ instead of : César était un grand capitaine..

Page 43. — i. lui creusant de grands trous aux . . . making deep hollows under . . .

Page 44. — i. qui la lui ont méritée, ivhich hâve gained itfor her.

Page 45. — i. comme ils font peu, how little they do. 2. A vrai dire, to tell the truth.

Page 48. — i. ût, said.

p. 49-68] NOTES 73

Page 49. — i. mBXf^jàé, crossstitched.

Page 50« — I. la bande d'Orgères. At the beginning of the içth century» a band of thieves and cut-throats, known by the name of *Ua bande d*Orgères" committed numerous thefts and murders. They were finally captured and put to death. Orgères is the name of a small village in the department of Eure-et-Loire ; the woods near the village was the hiding place of bands of brigands during the reign of Philippe- Auguste, king of France from ii8b to 1223.

Page 61 • — I. yyàaxi,^ slipped abouu

Page 52. — i. le quitta, came off.

Page 58» — i. spectacle, vision,

2, le chapelet . . . plus serré, iAe space between the litûe footprinU he left behind him like a chain of beads grew smaller and stnaller; s'égrener = to be told ofiE (of beads).

Page 54« — i. mousselines, w^/z^^^jj; whiuveils.

Page 55* — i. étant tout enfant, while quiu a child,