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Page 50 line 2 — Au sang, for dans le sang. Notice. — Se baigner à la mer, to bathe in the sea.
50 6 — Peu de chose : Of little importance.
51 14 — Tarir la source : To dry up the source. Tarit is
derived from the O H. Germ. tkarrjan, to dry up.
52 3 — J'atteste : I take as a witness.
52 5 — Dessillé : Open (eyelids) In Old French dêciller.
52 16 — La nature : Translate, La voix de la nature.
53 I — Va, in this line, loses its original meaning, and
must be translated by some équivalent expression in harmony with the situation.
53 7— Noyés : Bathed. Noyer, lit. to drown ; formerly noier, Lat. necare, properly to put to death, then to drown
53 14 — Tenir lieu de père : To supply the place of a father, to act as a father.
53 24 — Les fers : Chains.
54 10— Dont on me fait sortir : From whom I am said to
descend.
54 17 — Il m'est déjà remis : He is already in my hands.
55 I — Il y va de sa vie : His life is at stake. 55 11 — En un mot : In short.
55 12 — Au sortir de : On leaving.
55 18 — Ou ... ou : Either ... or.
56 2 — En roi : Like a king. Notice. — Vivre en grand
seigneur, to live in great style.