tortionnaires : ' Torturers

Iio.i. esprit forts: ' Free-thinkers.' The word was much used in this sensé by controversialists and philosophers in the i7th and iSth centuries, the underlying conception being that of ' the mind strong in self-conceit and superior to ordinary human beliefs or weaknesses.'

iii.i. ajournement: ' Delay,' ' postponement.'

II 1.2. la taxe : ' Price ofhcially determined.'