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Note A — Chapter I

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This song of Le bon roi Dagobert is in the original very long, and contains a great deal of witty ribaldry, unfit to be inserted here. The above is a somewhat free translation of the first verse, which stands thus in the French:

“Le bon roy Dagobert Mettoit ses culottes à renvers. Le bon St. Eloi Lui dit, Oh mon Roy! Que votre Majesté Est bien mal culotté. Eh bien, dit ce bon Roy, Je consens qu’on les mête à l’endroit.”

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