iVew vaudra que mieux. Will be still better

5. Lui rabattre (or rabaisser) le caquet, fam. , lower hîs pride, bring him down a peg or two. Caquet szhabitude de vanterie insolente. Ci, p. 11, L 7«

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Pag». Lina.

128, 4. Mercuriale f "lecture": so called by allusion to the

former custom of holding spécial meetings of the Parlement de Paris, as a court of justice, on a certain Wednesday (mercredi = jour de Mercure), when the presiding judge made a speech inveighing against abuses and miscarriages of justice. By ext., une réprimande quelconque, 11. Embobeliné, fooled. Enihobeliner (or embobiner) = enjôler, enlacer par des paroles captieuses (false, deceiving).

129, 25. Faisant bonne contenance. Self-possessed.