faisait envie à voir, *was marvellous to see

ao. manu-chrlsti or manus-christi^ a sort of spice used in confectionery. It is mentioned in the accounts of Charles VII's expenditure, but the commentators do not know what it was. It was possibly gingeft the roots of which often divide like fîngers of a hand — hence the name.

25. le service de la bouche, 'the kitchen department,' literally 'service of the (royal) mouth.'

27. maitres-queux, 'chief-cooks.' Queux is an obsolète word, derived from the Latin coquus,

potagers, *soup-makers.' The word now means only 'a kitchengarden.*

h&teurs, 'roasters.* The word is generally derived from haste^ Old French for *a spit* (Latin hasta^ *a spear'), but viay corne froiu hâter ^ *to hasten.*

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TaletB tranchanto, 'carvers,* literally 'carving-servants.'

28. valets de nappe, 'cloth-layers/ who would lay the table. sert-l'eau, 'water-bearers.' A compound word composed of a

verb and noiin, and meaning celui qui sert Veau» Hence it is indéclinable. See Eve, Accidence § 52.

toumebrocheB, 'turnspits.'

29. cendrien, * ash-rakers,' who had to keep the ares clear. Bouflleura, *blowers,' who saw to the burning of the fires. galopins, *scallions, kitchen'^boys/ boys employed to run erraûds,

or do odd jobs, from galoper^ * to gallop.'

51. décimer, a meal so called from being taken at ten o'clock. (Latin decimm.)

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3. Falais-Boyal. Hère the author seems to hâve committed an anachronism. The Palais Royal, famous for the rows of shops in its gardens, was built by Cardinal Richelieu, as the Palais Cardinal, and presented to Louis XIII, after whose death it was known as the Palais Royal.

4. Saint-Laurent, a fair held on St Lawrence's day, August loth. Landit. A celebrated fair, held at St Denis, near Paris, on the

first Monday after June i ith. The members of the University of Paris used to corne there to supply themselves wîth parchment for the year.

9. Je ne la reyerrai de longtemps, <I shall not see her again for long.* The genitive is used idiomatically to answer the question how lûng?t but only in négative sentences. Eve § 133.