amphore, wine-jar

Page 48. — I. est reçu docteur, has been made a Doctor,

Page 49. — I. Yoilà un toupet de gâté, there is one tuft (of false hair) spoiled,

2. ange, agneau, colombe, nouns used as adjectives; de used after rien, but omitted in translation. Cf. page 49, note i.

Page 50. — I. sent, smells of. Cf. page 7, note 2.

2. à quatre boules blanches means, as is indicated in the following speech, that he had passed in four subjects. The doctorate examination at Paris was then, as now, oral and public; the examiners voted for or against the candidate with white or black balls.

Page 53. — I. écus. Cf. page 45, note i.

2. diàpenses, dispensation, or permission, which must be obtained before cousins can be married by the Roman Catholic Church.

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3. receveur, collector, The stage édition has, gonfvemeur de cette proinnce.

PAge 53. — I. Ita œdepol, certainly; a classical équivalent for parbleu, which is a corruption of pardieu.

2. entreprendre, équivalent to mettre son élève à l'épreuve, page 57, line 13.