dans V abord for d^abord, 'at the outset

13. il se met au large, he puts himself at a distance. 19. lieux = endroits.

22. a son faîte montée = montée à son faîte 'at the highest pitch'.

24. 25. Qu'il n'est griffe ni dent etc. . . 'that there is neither claw nor tooth, which does not make it its duty to cover with blood the irritated beast'.

28. qui n'en peut mais 'which is for nothing in it', Mais is derived from the latin magis.