n en fut de même du, ' it was the same with

prévôt. This was a name given to magistrates of many kinds. Hère it would mean the local judge, appointed by royal authority, but under the influence of the lord of the manor.

31. notaire. The notary in France had to draw up and register certain légal documents, and would thus be charged with looking after the family papers of the castle.

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loi foire retirer, 'have...taken away firom him.' Hère lui is the indirect object after retirer, not 9&&t faire, See Eve § 115 Obs. 4.

35. s'en revenait. Hère en^ though not translated, bas its natural meaning of * from it,* i.e. from tbe place where the person spoken of had been. Eve § 14a (4).

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3. moine de Baint-nrançoia, *Franciscan monk.' The Friars Minor, or Franciscans, are an order established in z9o8 by Saint Francis of Assisi (ii8a — iaa6), which afterwards spread over ail Western Europe.

9. missel, ' a missal ' or mass-book, from the Latin missa, The monk's water bottle was apparently shaped like a book.

10. d'où Tenes-Tons donc ainsi 7 * what brings you hère 7 ' literally, 'whence do you then corne thos?'

1 5. Anriez-YOïUk The conditional b hère used in a polite question. See Eve § 178 (i).

17. mais Uen pour mon consin Jehan, ' but for my cousin Jehan, yes,' literally, *but indeed for my cousin Jehan.'

33. l'on eût dit, ' you would hâve said it was.' This is the apodosis of a conditional sentence, of which the protasis is understood, * if one had called it any thing.' The pluperfect subjunctive is used hère instead oi ihe past condUional, See Eve § 378 Obs. i.

34. désarçonné, ' unhorsed,' literally, ' unsaddled,' arçon being the saddle-bow. In a toumament it was the greatest possible defeat for a knight to be borne out of the saiddle by his opponent's lance.

35. Angers, the chief town of Anjou, and an important city of France in the Middle Ages.

il en avait la rage au eœnr, < he was maddened by ît,' literally, * he had madness at the heart with regard to it.'

39. fourches, 'gallows,' from the lAim /urcae, the gallows being shaped like a fork.

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I. le ooenr loi point, literally, ' his heart pricks,' and thus, ' he is enraged.' Note the daiive to dénote the person, when speaking of a part of the body. Eve § 145 a.

3. à la longnenr, 'within reach.' The dative hère is used for distance. Eve § 152 Obs. 3.