prononcer durgence, ' to déclare urgency

Page 4. 1.4. la prise de la Bastille took place on July 14, 1789. It was the opening event of the French Révolution. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, with the young Dauphin, were forcibly removed from the Palace of Versailles on October 6 of the same year.

1. 15. de race corvéable, i.e. of the peasant class. The corvée was the forced labour due by a peasant to the lord on whose land he lived.

1. 24. sous bénéfice d'inventaire, ' with mental réservation.'

Page 5. 1. 1. mettait les plus beaux titres de sa maison, 'used the most valuable title deeds of his family.'