un seau d'ean, in case of fire

14. les AnglatB. After the relief of Orléans by Joan of Arc in 1428, the English had gradually lost ground. They abandoned Paris, but still made occasional incursions into the neighbourhood.

37. marcher aux Anglais. Hère the dative expresses motion, direction; Eve § 154. We should say 'march against the English.'

1. contre toute attente. The trained bands of the city of Paris were not thought of highly as soldiers.