le premier service, * the first course

8. force poulardes, ' an abundance of fôwls.' Forcg, originally a partitive noun followed by the genitivct is now used as an indéclinable adjective without de, Eve § 23 Obs. 5.

13. Pegaslus, more correctly Pegasus^ the winged horse which Bellerophon captured, and used to kill the Chimaera. Pegasus was also regarded as an allegory of poetic inspiration.

14. Basselln, Olivier, a poet and miller who lived in Normandy, near Vire. His drinking-songs were called Vaux-de-vire from the Vire Valley where he lived. He died about 1418.