De le dire. Note the resumi)tion of the understood

object of dire, i.e., ‘que je suis une tête vide,' etc.

4.-23 liv. 10 sols 4 den. The livre is a piece in the old coinage of France. It was cqiial to 20 or 25 sous (cents). ‘ Sol ' is a second form of sou (Cf. fou, fol; mou, mol. In one soïi {sol) there were 12 deniers. In the présent coinage of France the /ra??c (about 20 cents) takes the place of the 1 franc=\00 c&Âiimes. Note

that the Eng. £. s. d. are abbreviations of livres, sols, deniers.

4.— Je vous achèterai. For the use of the ' in acheter, see 11., 175, 2, a.