Lèse-nation, crime of high treason against the nation

11. Planter ttn Mai, to erect a May-pole. The custom of dancing about a pôle on the ist of May is quite universal in Europe, and the célébration of the day goes back as far as the Floralia of Rome, which were celebrated on the 28th of April, and continued a day beyond the end of the month. In the text it is simply a mark of honor to Lafayette.

12. Department, the magistrates representing the department of the Seine.

13. Carrousel, the open space between the Tuileries and the Louvre. It took its name from an equestrian entertainment given hère in 1662, by Louis XIV.