THE CAT.

Line 22. _Rouët_=spinning-wheel.

Line 26. _Panne_=the Italian _Panno_--cloth.

Line 27. _Troigne_=the mouth and face of an animal, the muzzle.

Line 32. _Chere_=(originally) "head" and one of the few old French words

derived from Greek, but the first signification has long been lost. Here

the phrase is equivalent to "faire bonne chere" which has for centuries

been used proverbially for what we call "a good time." _V. supra_ in

"The Farewell" of Charles of Orleans.

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