Vu que, seeing that, considering

Page 52, 1. 1. vous impose. (See page 37, 1. 9.) 7. bon propos, cheerful talk, merry jest.

12. la vénerie, the hunt. (The crops were often ruined by the ruthless trampling of huntsmen and théir horses.)

13. la taille, tallage (a feudal tax). From "tailler", to eut off, eut into shape: tailler une robe, un crayon; un tailleur; la taille, the size, figure, waist; le taillis, the copse ; also, la taille, " tally ", a pièce of wood on which notches were made to keep accounts. Cf. English, " to tally with ".