Venaient ensuite. Note the inversion in enumerations

26. les faire paraître, ' to show them to advantage.' 31. le fin du métier, ' the tricks of the trade.'

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1. grimaciers. A king's or nobleman's jester was called/oM or bouffon ; the (jrimacier was a kind of second-rate jester, hired by merchants, to attract customers by his jokes and antics.

10. Crois-tu que Ton soit. Dépendent statements introduced by an interrogative or négative verb govern the subjunctive. See note top. 19, 1. 21.

12. se réfugient dans une église. In the Middle Ages, a church was a safe refuge, where debtors and ail kinds of misdemeanants could escape prosecution.

19. mettre un drapeau sur leur pignon. A flag was attached to the gable-end of a bankrupt's house, as a mark of disgrâce.