prenez garde aux, * beware of.' See note on p

17. les corvéables, 'the tax-payers/ literally, those liable to the

corvée. See note on p. 7, 14.

28. tenaient leur comptabilité, ' kept their statement of account. *

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8. le sommelier. The butler of a feudal castle was a considérable person, with the oversight of the supplies generally and not of the winecellar only.

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