brebis, lambs or flock (lit. ewes). This word, like

ouailles (both féminine), is used in the ecclesiastical sensé of flock or congrégation, but not as synonymous witli ewe-lamb ; agneau (and, seldom, its féminine agnelle) being more usual in the latter case.

32. du Lauzun tout pur, the finest gallantry. (See jilme. de Sévigné's letter, 15th December 1670, on the marriage of Lauzun, a youug lordling, witli Mademoiselle de ilontpensier, grand-daughter of Henry IV.)

34. infâme roué, shocking rake. The use of roué is hère an anachronism. This -n-ord only came into existence during the Regency which foUowed the death of Louis XIV., and has ever since been synonymous \vith un homme sans principe et sans mœurs. Translate : ' La compagnie scélérate dont le duc d'Orléans avait fait sa société ordinaire de débauche, et que lui-même ne feignit pas de nommer publiquement ses roués ' [ = fit for the rack] ' chassa la bonne ' (Saint-Simon).