n lui fit mettre. See note to p

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6. m'en fera un soudard, m' is a dative that will be best explained by comparison. Cf.:

(1) " Liber miM non erit unquani" (Horace).

(2) " Knock me on this door, sirrah " (Shakespeare).

IL ce que c'est que. This is a very idiomatic construction; lit. ' what it is, that digestion (is),' i.e, * what is ... .'

IG. ignarus periculum adit, ' the ignorant runs to his doom.*

17. une dame d'assez haute maison, ' a dame (lady) of such a high lineage ' (that she can -vvell be proud).

18. ne veut pas de, partitive genitive. See note to p. 4, 1. 14. 23. C'était un esprit. See note to p. 20, l. 11.

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15. les douze maisons du soleil, 'the twelve signs of the Zodiac'

18. faire le thème d'une destinée, 'to read a man's future.' pour la prédire, say, ' to be able to foretell it.'

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4. à faire ... à acheter, etc. An infinitive after à bas freqnently a passive meaning. Cf. «ne maison à louer, 'a house to let' ; à vendre, ' to be sold,' etc.

9. arabisme. The Arabs hâve exercised a very strong influence on European civilizatiou and language. We are indebted to them for many discoveries in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. They held throiighout the Middle Ages a prominent place in art, especially in architecture, and many towns in Spain still possess remuants of the magnificent buildings erected by them. In Christian countries, however, Arabian medicine was considered as a kind of magie inspired by the devil.

11. auquel ils reprochaient ... de. See note to p. 20, 1. 28.

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11. Vous le voyez bien. Bien is emphatic; say, ' Can't you see? '

15. Il y a six mois que. Que stands for depuis que ; say, 'six months ago.'

21. Que trop vieille is elliptical for (Elle tCest) que trop vieille. J'ai eu beau. Ses note to p. 16, 1. 10.

22. que les cinq cents ... , etc. Instead of the relative que use a Personal pronoun as object, and translate as : Que les cinq cenU diables Ic-^ emportent !

27. drameurs, or drameurs thériacteurs was the name given to herbalists and medicine vendors, very likely from the drachm weight which was used in their dispensary.

30. un plat à barbe ou une boîte. Barbers had for their sign a shaving dish, and physicians a medicine-box. Bleeding was very frequently resorted to, and, in many cases, was performed by barbers.

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6. quelque chose à faire. See note to p. 23, 1. 4. 9. vous me direz des nouvelles . . . , ' you will tell me what you think of it. '

18. de la main, genitive of instrument. See note to p. 4, 1. 32.

21. Je vous le promets. La might be used, and would then refer to guérison. Hère le refers to the act implied. ' I promise you it (to cure you).'