picaros, Spanish, rascal

Page 79. — i. escrocs. See page 40, note i.

2. Xelva, or Chelva, a town in the province of Valencia, almost 50 miles northwest of Valencia.

3. inquisiteur du Saint-OfQlce, officer of the Holy Inquisition, a

tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics ; alguazil, see page 32, note i.

4. se sut bon gré, woj thankful^ rejoiced. Cf. page 70, note 3 ; page 10, note 4.

Page 80. — I. aossii therefore^ accordingly (beginning sentence or clause )l

Page 81. — I. je n'ai pas pris garde, I paid no attetUion ; I took no notice.