partiB, 'parties, detachments

9 a. iMiaoe, * wallet/ another form oïàissac, See p. 106, 1. 49.

30. la robe de pèlerin, 'a pilgrim's robe.' Hère the possessive genitive, the article being omitted, is a sort of adjective of quality. Eve § 124 Obs. 3.

3a. à Tendre, * for sale.'

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7. qui pussent. The relative clause hère expresses a purpose, and hence is in the subjunctive, Eve § a 53.

de nialencontre, ' from mischance.'

9. trousse à miracles. Tnmsse means a bundle generally, but especially a bundle of tools or instruments. Hère the dative dénotes purpose, destination. Eve § 157. We may translate * wonder-working bundle ' or ' miracle- working tool-chest.'

la. goddem I The relic-monger had evidently picked up this oath from his English clients.

ag, TOUS êtes mal Tenu à, ' you hâve no right to,' literally, ' you are not welcome to,* mai venu being the opposite of âien venu.

31. clerc de ttaiodlie, or basoche ^ * a lawyer's clerkl' See note on p. 39 1. 4.

3a. cbantre de paroisse, ' a parish precentor.'

33. retondaUle, ' thread-bare stuff.' ReUmdaUU is a noun formed with the depreciatory termination ^ailk from retondu^ which means 'dose-shaven,' and is applied to a cloth that has lost its nap.

pain d'orge à la paille, ' barley-bread with the straw in it.'

I. Auxsrre, a town on the Yonne, due east of Orléans and southeast of Paris.

3. attacher nne l>annière. See note on p. a9, l. 17. 18. Vade rétro, 'Cet thee behind me I' Mark viii. 33.

10. Yictnaille, * victuals.' The féminine singular victuaiUe cornes from the Latin neuter plural victualia ; but victuailles in the plural is also common in French. So in the English Bible (Authorised Version) we find * vicinal^ in the singular.

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35. Qaand Je devrais mourir. The conditional veith quand implies a supposition, and quand may be translated ' though.' £ve § 284.

16. de male-faim, 'of sheer hunger.* Mal, mole (Latin malus^ ma/a) was used in Old French where mauvais is now used.

que J'aurai partagé. The future perfect is used hère because the action, though future in time, will be past with référence to an event in the future (t/ ne sera point dit),