corsaire autorisé, privateer

4. les colonies, i. e., the French colonies in the West Indies.

Page 45. — i. Louis XIII, King of France 1610-43, whose mother, a Medici, encouraged Italian culture in France.

Page 46. — i. se riant au nez, laughing in each other's face. 2. il a fallu en prendre son parti, / had to décide on some course (of action).

Page 48. — i. BM^ with the.