de quoi. See note to p. 2, 1. IS

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10. droit de prise, the privilège possessed by the Kiug's household, wlieu travelling or hunting, to compel any conimoner to bouse and feed theni gratuitously. Tbis privilège, wbicb served as a pretext for many exactions, was abolished by tbe ' States General ' in 1357.

13. A moins que... n'ait. Couditional clauses introduced by particles other than si generally take the subjunctive. Cf. supposant que cela soit, ' supposing it to be so ; en cas qu'il réussisse, ' iu case he succeeds.'

privilège. Serfs and vassals could acquire by payment of a sum of money, a privilège relieving them from soine of the feudal dues.