[579] See page [130], note 254, and page [192], note 400.
[580] Committimus, in the original.
[581] The chairman is the syndic de direction.
[582] Vieil meuble de ruelle. Vieil was, in La Bruyèreʼs time, often used instead of vieux, even before a consonant. For ruelle, see page [65], note 161.
[583] The original speaks of the “Marais” (see page [172], note 341), and of the “Grand Faubourg,” probably the “Faubourg Saint-Germain.”
[584] See page [72], note 175.
[585] The “Keys” name for Antagoras two eccentric noblemen of the time now wholly unknown, a Count de Montluc and a Marquis de Fourille.
[586] In Louis XIV.ʼs time France was divided into thirty-three provinces, and as communications were difficult, the inferior noblemen were what our author describes them to be, and had no other amusements but duelling, dining, and drinking.
[587] The original has fourrures et mortiers; the gowns of bachelors, licentiates, and doctors of the various faculties were bordered and even sometimes lined with fur. For mortier see page [168], note 331.
[588] In French les masses dʼun chancelier, for the mace was always carried before the Chancellor of France.