Vous dit-on. — I tell you

14. Tiré sur les plaisirs de Sa Majesté. — Shot on the préserves of His Majesty. Les plaisirs du roi, or simply les plaisirs, is a term applied to ail that extent of country where the chase is reserved for the king.

15. Je vous en réponds. — I warrant you it was; literally, I answer to you for that.

16. Qu'on le descendît. — To be set down. The subjunctive is used after vouloir. See Grammar, p. 327, §§ 3, 4.