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1. 8. dont rien... rengager. Dont = de unde ; from which nothing can induce him... Note the conditional oî savoir used idiomatically instead of the indicative présent oî pouvoir, à se départir, to stray, lit. to separate himself, Yxony partir = partager. In that sensé, partir is now obsolète, and has been retained only in the expression avoir maille à partir {avec quelqu^ujt), to hâve a quarrel with some one, respecting a matter as triflirgas the small pièce of money called maille, \fox\h. half-a-farthing (etym. L. L. medala, medalia = med3i[).

1. 22. embrouillés, misty, confused. Cromwell, in like manner, is supposed by some to hâve spoken obscurely, in order that men might not understand his objects.

1. 27. portait à la défiance, inclined to distrust, to suspicion.