veissent. Old spelling of vissent

22. ils pensaient à le brûler. They were thinking about burning him; if à had been omitted, the meaning would be: they thought that they would (intended to or hoped to) burn him.

114. — I. pour l'aller chercher. This position of the pronoun was normal in the seventeenth century. It is now formal, except with voir, entendre, sentir, envoyer, faire and laisser. With other verbs and an infinitive the object of the infinitive stands immediately before it.

115. — II. feust rependu. Old spelling of fiXt répandu. 13. veu . . . François. Old spelling of vu . . . Français.

116. — 18. Restaient les Tournelles. Michelet is especially fond of inversion.