rogna les ongles aux, ** encroached upon

1. 22. les élus. The élus were formerly persons chosen in each district to assist the royal officiais in levying taxes. They were instituted in 1356. In 1372 they were themselves made officiais. Their offices, as always in the Middle Ages, tended to become hereditary.

1. 26. d'aplomb, "straight," with full weight; a metaphor from the plumb-line, the^/ à plomb.

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1, 8. pour épices, ** as a perquisite." 1. la les compagnies, les confréries, "associations, guilds."