vos obligés, ' obliged to you

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18. Lui-même avait. How would you say, 'I hâve tried myself ' ? See note to p. 7, 1. 26.

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3. cordes de pendu. It is still a belief, among the lower classes in France, that a pièce of the rope which served to hang a man brings luck to its owner.

4. qui changent votre forme. By means of this ointment witches were said to change their shapes at will.

8. sacrilège, as having lent himself to magical practices, which were considered sacrilegious.

20. Astaroth (or ' Astoreth '), the Hebrew name of a Phoenician goddess called 'Astarte.' Cf. Mil ton :

" With thèse in troop Came Astoreth, whom the Phoenicians called Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns." Belzébuth, 'Beelzebub,' a démon. Milton in his Paradise Lost makes him second in rank to Satan.

23. ne douta pas quelle n'eût. See note to p. 44, 1. 6, and to p. 30, 1. 2.

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