FI

N.B. For naines of persans, tozons, villages, and river s, seetJie ^^ Biographical and Geographical Index," p. 144.

Page. Line.

1, 6. Gardes-françaises, an infantry régiment formed by Charles

IX., 1563 ; grenadiers vvere added to it by Louis XIV. and Louis XV. This régiment sided with the people in 17S9, and contributed to the fall of the Bastille. It was cashiered by Louis XVL

2, 4. Sttrnumirariat, supernumerary service.

14. JJn maniement de Varme à l'exercice des manœuvres, from manual to field exercise.

21. Grenadiers, a name given in 1667 to the old company of the "Enfants Perdus" (picked men who led in every attack). They were originally employed in throwing hand-grenades, hence their name. The "grenade" is se called from ils likeness to the pomegranate, " granatum malum." 40. Et répand de charmes, the de is explained by the présence of combien higher up. The complète sentence would be "Combien la culture de l'intelligence répand de charmes."

3, 27. Ouvrages de polémique courante, current polemics.

4, 29. Relevait, set off.

5, 36. La taille, or les tailles (there were a great many kinds), a

very heavy tax levied on ail those who were not of noble birth, or did not belong to the clergy. *' Its name (says Littré) cornes from the fact that the collectors used a 'tally.'or stick, on which they kept their accounts by notches." This mode of " notching " accounts is still used by bakers in sorne country places in France.

36. Corvée, statute labour, a certain amount of work which the

vassal had to do gratuitously for his lord.