exag&re = agr audit

4. garantissait. The verb agrees with the nearest subject, the usual construction in the seventeenth century.

5. deux puissants royaumes. France and England, by the treaty of Dover.

Page 143 . — x. la campagne de Flandre. In the year 1667.

2. et si quelque chose, etc. Madame’s conduct had aroused her husband’s jealousy and suspicions.

3. dont nous ne croyions pas, etc., which we thought would give us no concern . Explained by the sentence following.

4. decoration. The cathedral of St. Denis had been hung with black for the occasion, and a mausoleum had been erected in the choir, “ si superbe qu’il ne s’en estoit pas encor vu un pareil” ( Gazette de France , 23 aofit, 1670).

Page 144 . — 1. ces demeures sonterraines. The vaults under the church, which hold the tombs of the kings.