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25 17 — Prenons parti : Let us take a resolution. — Etym.

Lat. prendere, by regular contraction of prendire to p7-end're- — Parti properly signifies a division, as it is the participial subst. oi partir, to départ, ///. to divide, from Lat. paj-tiri.

r5 21— Si contraire : So adverse, so opposed.

16 10 -Cf. Virgil—

Atque deos, atque astra vocat crudelia mater.

— Ecl. .V, 23.

" And the mother reproaclies botli gods and stars with cnielty."

26 12 — Sans penser qu'à, for ne pensant qu'à. (Lat.

pensare, to weigh, to consider carefully.)

26 19 — De; miens : Of my own relations.

26 26 — Prend droit àt,for voudrait : Wouldfain. (Droit, properly right, from Lat. directum, which became dirictum, and contracted to drictum in Charlemagne's " Capitularies.")

26 28 —Dans le fort des ombres : In the depth of darkness. — 'Eiym.fort, from Lat. z.à].fortis. — Ombre, from Lat. nmbra.

26 29— Poussent un jour, for font jaillir une lumière.

26 32 — S'en fâche, for s'en irrite. See note on p. 22, \.

27 s — In \>ozixy foudre may be either masc. or fem. —

Etym., from Lat. fulgiirem (ace. oî fulgiir), contracted to fiil frein, h&ncQfurrem, and the Old Fr. foldre, and fouldre.