ce n'est pas encor beaucoup, 'Is it not enough

17. ne tombez jamais soua ma patte, literally 'never fall under my paw' 'never corne across my patJi".

XXX. LE RENARD ET LES RAISINS, ^sop's fable 33. Phœdrus Lib. IV. 2.

Line 1. gascon .... normand from Gascony or Normandy. The names of two large provinces of France. Tlie inhabitants of Gascony hâve the réputation of being great boasters and braggarts, and those of Normandy of being extremely 'canny' and being somewhat addicted to equivocation. There is a good deal of truth in thèse statements. The Gascons hâve often been compared to the Jews and the Normans to the Scots.