ne peut se dispenser, < cannot help

14. yienx écns, worth more than newer money, which was debased. See note on p. 34, 1. 25.

20. des bréviaires, *prayer-books,* breviaries — so called because they gave a summary of ail the prayers.

aux trois encres, ' written in three inks.' The definite article is used because the phrase implies ' the three well-known inks/ black, red and blue. The dative dénotes the instrument. See Eve § 151.

13. il 7 en a là pour vingt écus an moins, ' there's at least twenty crowns* worth there.' Note the distinction between au moins, 'at least,' and du moins, ' at any rate.*

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6. Je vous en conjure. Hère en refers to the rcquest just made, but is not translated.