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32. besaciers 'who carries a wallet'. This is the literal meaning, but not the meaning the word bas in tbis particular line. La Fontaine compares mankind to the beggar who carries a wallet, or sort of sack with an opening in the middle, pretty much like an old fashioned long purse, with one bag hanging in front, and another one hanging at the back. We place our defects in the bag tbat hangs b«hind us, but we take care to put our neighbour's faults in the bag that hangs in front us. Thus we see other people's defects clearly, and we forget our own. This Word hesacier is of La Fontaine's invention.