Saye = ‘ soie,’ ‘ silk,’ in Old Eng. ‘ say

24. 9. Il frappe. This sudden change of person is not at ail uncommon

in popular poetry of ail countries.

11. In this line the captured defenders of the ‘ danjons’ are supposed to speak ; the rest is the reply of the besiegers.

15, 16. These two spirited lines are commented by Villon's Epitaph. which tells more distinctly the kind of ‘ mass’ and ‘matins’ that the ravens (corbins) sing to the gibbeted victims.