qui devait l'en punir, for qui aurait dû " my voice

vvhich ought to hâve rebuked him ".

27. la Bastille, a famous fortress built in Paris in the fourteenth century. Became a state prison, notorious for its terrible dungeons in vvhich political offenders or merely " suspected " persons were thrown, often without trial, and sometimes detained for a lifetime. During the Révolution it was taken and destroyed by the populace, 14 July, 1789 (now the day of "National Fête" in France).

Page 9, 1. 5. ne l'accablez pas, "do not blâme him mercilessly'*. "Accabler", to load, crush, overwhelm.

22. Le duc Charle. Note the omission of the final 5 to allow the elision. Compare " Commine" (Hist. Notes, 4).

Péronne, a town in the départaient of the Somme (Picardy), vvhich, with several others in the same district, belonged to the Dukes of Burgundy since 1435.

In 1468 Louis XI, after secretly exciting the people of Liège to rebel against Charles the Bold, whose vassals they were, went to Péronne to hold a conférence with the duke; the latter, discovering- with great anger and indignation the king's treachery, kept him a prisoner for three days, during vvhich Louis' life hung in the balance. The duke finally gave him his Liberty, after forcing him to sign the " Treaty of Péronne ", confirming Charles in his possession of the " Villes de la Somme ", and to take a solemn oath to help him in person to put down the rébellion he had instigated.

Page 10, 1. 4. Armagnacs. Sec " Historical Notes", 3. As a rule, proper names of persons do not take the sign of the plural. One exception, however, is when the name belongs to a royal dynasty {les Stuarts, les Bourbons) or to great families.

16. Le politique, the politician, la politique, politics; note the singular number of the latter word, and compare, la physique, la mécanique, l'optique, &c. But, les mathématiques.

Page 11, 1. 16. la herse, portcullis. Also means, "a harrow".

19. abuse, deceives. Cf. j'abuse de votre patience (to abuse, take advantage of, encroach upon). But, " they abused him ", ils lui ont dit des sottises, ils l'ont injurié.