la rouillarde^ "the rusty sword

1. 35. décrasser tout un peuple^ "dubbing a whole crowd." Dé' crasser, literally to clean or brush up, is used figuratively for the sudden ennobling of persons of low station.

1. 36. consuls. In tlie South of France, where Roman traditions remained, the magistrales of towns were often called consuls,

1. 30. de par le roi, "by the king's command," originally départ le roi, from the king's part.