demoiselles t unmarried ladies of rank

1. 20. méconnu les franchises, " disregarded the privilèges.*'

1. 21. cela en dit beaucoup, *'that is very significant." Observe the use of en,

1. 33. parlement, the law-court or council which carried out the royal decrees, and whose members formed the différent tribunals. In the same way the chief English law-courts were developed out of the Council.