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châtelain, commanding officer of a castle or fortress

Page 188. — i. Woe is me ! one happy year seems but a light breath ; but one moment without happiness is a century of torment, 2. ennuis, here, sorrows^ troubles.

Page 189. — i. de part et d'autre, on either side.

Page 140. — I. Libitine, Libitina, the goddess that presided at funerals.

2. me menèrent bon train, treated me with such haste ; led meat ?uch a rate.

Page 141.— I. religieux de Saint-François, Franciscan monk.

2. doublons, a gold coin of Spain, originally of double the value of a pistole, worth now a little more than $5.02 ; but from 1730 to 1786, a little over $8.00.

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