aussi ... ne tarda-t-il point. See note to p

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24. six sous bourgeois. See note to p. 33, 1. 29. Besides the livre ' parisis ' and liv7-e ' tournois, ' there was also a set of coins called '?*OM»Y/eoi'>%' because they were coined at Bouri/es, which, under Charles VII., was for some time the seat of the Court. Charles VII. was frequently called Le roi de Bourges.

31. à la belle étoile, lit. 'at(the sign of) the beautiful star,' t'.e. under the sky, in the open air.

21. une cliquette, 'a pair of snappers.' This was an instrument made of two pièces of wood or bone, very much like the ' bones ' used by American minstrels : the ladres or ' lepers ' were compelled to sound it, so as to warn people of their approach. Ladre is from ' Lazarus,' the poor man in the gospel, who was covered with sores.

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2. On peut. On must noc be translated impersonally ; say, ' I can ....'