je faisais le serment : notice

prêter serment, ' to take an oath.'

faire prêter serment à quelqicun, ' to put some one on his oath. '

Serment (Lat. sacramentum) is the doublet of sacrement.

102. 18. prit sur la table: notice the préposition, ^.nd ci. prendre

sur son sommeil, ' to retrench from one's sleep. '

103. 6. fît le pied de grue, * should be dancing attendance. '

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103. 6. sans demander son reste, * without waiting for anything

more ' ; lit. ' without asking for his change. ' Cf. je lui ai donné son reste, ' I gave it him finely.'