Rainceaulx, ‘ branches

32. Bouèlles = ‘ boyaux,’ ‘ stringed instruments.’ In the next line one would rather expect ‘ sous treilles.’

18. 1. This piece is a dignifîed example, as the following is an ex-

aggeration, and that of Collérye (p. 26) a burlesque, of the Rhêtoriqueur classicism of phrase.

Notes.

18. 16. This line seems to mean, ‘ thou inclinest thine ear,’ ‘thou givest

me an opportunity of addressing thee.’ The subject of the following stanzas is the sufferings of France in the latter part of the Hundred Years’ War, and her humiliation before England.