[5] faceva finta... inteso, pretended not to notice them.
[6] non siete stato, you have not been.
[7] pigliasse, subjunctive used after Sebbene.
[8] col fare il morto, by playing dead.
[9] Eccoti. Pronouns are joined to the interjection ecco, just as to a verb; ti intimates the interest of the hearer in what is going on.
[10] dal Re (French chez le roi), to the king's palace. Da has a variety of meanings in the following selections, such as from, by, for, to or at the house of, suited to, as.
[11] entrato che fu, as soon as he had entered.
[12] gran, for grande.
[13] Di' al tuo, Say to your. The forms of the second person singular are used in addressing inferiors; also in speaking to children, intimate friends, and near relatives.
[14] della caccia del suo padrone, of his master's killing.