défilent toujours, 'keep defiling

1. 3. col, 'top of the pass' ; col (from Lat. collum), 'neck', has been modernised into cou; the old form is preserved with the meaning oi'collar\ 'top of a pass', 'neck of a bottle'.

1. 23. une mule ne pèse pas dix tnille, ' a mule does not weigh ten thousand pounds'.

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1. 2. les pu ces serottt tordîtes, 'the guns will be twisted out of shape' ; tordre from Lat. torquere.

1. 21. se découvrant, ' raising his helmet ', lit. ' uncovering himself '.

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1. 15. et un ton sourd, 'with a gruff tone of voice'; sourd (Lat. siirdus) 'deaf, when speaking of sound means hollow, dull, rumbling.

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1. 8. un vieux tambour, ' an old drummer ' ; tambour is both ' a drum ' and 'a drummer'.