le Palais, the Palais de Justice. See note on p

4. les dercs de la Baso6he, or Bazoche, were the lawyers' clerks of Paris, who formed a guild, and elected a mock king each year, and performed mysteries and other dramas. The word Basoche is derived either from the Creek jSajiiy, I speak and ôUnn., a house, or from the Latin basilicay a court of justice.

5. les znsrstères ; plays whose subjects were taken from sacred history. A modem instance is the Passion Play at Oberammergau.

14. Salnte^Senevlèye, Salnt-Maroeau, Salnt-Ctermain, différent quarters of Paris, called after the saints to whom their churches were dedicated. Sainte-Geneviève is the patron saint of Paris.

15. Ch&telet. There were two forts in Paris of this name, the Grand and the Petit Châtelet {Chàtelet is the diminutive of Château), The Grand Châtelet was used as a criminal court and prison, and there was a market round it.