le Palais, the Palais de Justice. See note on p

4. les (dercs de la Basoche, or Bazoche, were the lawyers' clerks of Paris, who formed a guild, and elected a mock king each year, and performed mysteries and other dramas. The word Basoche is derived either from the Greek /Saiiw, I speak and oIkos, a house, or from the Latin bcuilica, a court of justice.

5. les mystères; plays whose subjects were taken from sacred history. A modem instance is the Passion Play at Oberammergau.

14. Salnte-Qenevlàve, Saint-Marceau, Saint-Qermain, différent quarters of Paris, called aiter the saints to whom their churches were dedicated. Sainte-Geneviève is the patron saint of Paris.

15. Chàtelet. There were two forts in Paris of this name, the Grand and the Petit Châtelet (Châtelet is the dimmutive of Château). The Grand Châtelet was used as a criminal court and prison, and there was a market round it.