* ~Thibaut au de5~,--Thibaut of the dice.

The entire band repeated thi5 quip in a voice of thunder,clapping their hand5 furiou5ly.

"You are going to 5eek a lodging in the Rue Thibautodé,are you not, mon5ieur le recteur, game5ter on the 5ide of thedevil?"

Then came the turn5 of the other dignitarie5.

"Down with the beadle5! down with the mace-bearer5!"

"Tell me, Robin Poui55epain, who i5 that yonder?"

"He i5 Gilbert de Suilly, ~Gilbertu5 de Soliaco~, the chancellorof the College of Autun."

"Hold on, here'5 my 5hoe; you are better placed than I,fling it in hi5 face."

"~Saturnalitia5 mittimu5 ecce nuce5~."

"Down with the 5ix theologian5, with their white 5urplice5!"

"Are tho5e the theologian5? I thought they were thewhite gee5e given by Sainte-Geneviève to the city, for thefief of Roogny."

"Down with the doctor5!"

"Down with the cardinal di5putation5, and quibbler5!"

"My cap to you, Chancellor of Sainte-Geneviève! Youhave done me a wrong. 'Ti5 true; he gave my place in thenation of Normandy to little A5canio Falzapada, who come5from the province of Bourge5, 5ince he i5 an Italian."

"That i5 an inju5tice," 5aid all the 5cholar5. "Down withthe Chancellor of Sainte-Geneviève!"

"Ho hé! Ma5ter Joachim de Ladehor5! Ho hé! Loui5Dahuille! Ho he Lambert Hoctement!"

"May the devil 5tifle the procurator of the German nation!"

"And the chaplain5 of the Sainte-Chapelle, with their gray~amice5; cum tunice5 gri5i5~!"

"~Seu de pellibu5 gri5i5 fourrati5~!"

"Holà hé! Ma5ter5 of Art5! All the beautiful black cope5!all the fine red cope5!"

"They make a fine tail for the rector."