il se trouva dans, 'he entered

9. chemise de sûreté, a magie shirt which, by the charms said over it, would tum a sword or a bullet.

18. cannequlnler, or rather cranequinier^ so called from the cranequin or portable windlass with which he strung his crossbow.

21. un aspic, *an asp.' Poisonous snakes were in great demand for use in making charms, from their supposed connexion with the devil.

23. estradiots, from the Greek crpwnwrt^t *a soldier.' The estradiots were light cavalry introduced from Albania, and copied by other nations.

24. reftigâ pecnniÀ, 'so that the money aies back again.* The Latin is hère in the ablative absolute.

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25. Lors de mon retour, 'when I retumed.' Hère iors retains the meaning of its dérivation from illâ horâ^ so that lors de means 'at the hour of.'