armes. " Offensives et défensives." (Author's note

Pagre 106. — I. dévotion. "Fau8sedëvotion."(Author'8note.) — The same note is repeated for " dévotion" in no. 26, line 22.

De Quelques Usages Pa^ 107. — I. Flamands, the editors refer to a change in the name of a tax coUector's son from Sonin to Sonningen.

2. quatre quartiers, a « quartier " (" quarter " of a shield) is technically a degree in family descent Hence quatre quartiers would ^Q^2X four générations,

3. solitaires. " Maison religieuse, secrétaire du RoL" (Author's note.) The editors explain that the Celestine convent, to which La Bruyère refers, had enjoyed this immunity since the fourteenth century, when it had been made " secretary to the king."

4. gabelles, the sait tax, farmed out to the highest or favored bidder.