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33. Besançon, the most important town of the Free County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté). Being a Free City of the Empire, and in the territories of the Duke of Burgundy, it would be a safe refuge for a French serf.

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II. Ses hommes d'afllEdres, 'his agents.' ]6. en Terre-Sainte, ' to the Holy Land.'

18. mon domaine, 'my demesne' ; the land which the lord retained in his own bands, and did not give to vassals.

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a. Je n'ai que faire... de sa marchandise, ' I don't want his goods.'

27. A moi? 'Mine?' The deUive is used hère to repeat and emphasize the possessive adjective. Eve § 148.

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