D. H. Carnahan — 3/aistre Eloy da Mont, diet Costentin. 97 



8. The group " ien " counts. as one syllable in: treschretien (1, 

 verso), convjent (4, recto), conribien (9, recto), entretiendra (SY, verso), 

 tient (41, recto), souvienne (4*7, recto) ; as two syllables in chresti- 

 ente (3, verso), anciens (15, verso), Venitiens (25, recto), science (33, 

 verso), Italiens (47, verso),, terriens (38, verso), I'inipatient (24, verso). 



9. The word " je," as enclitic, counts as a separate syllable unless 

 followed by a word beginning with a vowel, in which case it is 

 elided. Ex.: prendray je (13, verso), Dis je (13, verso), doy je 

 estre (5, verso), ay je encore (11, verso). 



10. The group " ou " + "i" or "e" counts as two syllables; 

 "u" + "i" counts as one. Ex.: ouyr (33, verso), louenge (5, verso), 

 nuyr (9, recto), fu3n-ont (23, verso). 



11. The following count as one syllable : cie\, dyable, requ/ert, 

 vi'ellesse, v^'eil, superfluite, amitie, paroestre, oesivete, lum^^ere, man- 

 s?<etude (4, recto), but mans«etude, 2-syll. (38, verso). 



12. The following count as two s^Mlables : lil/«l, insat/able, 

 trouvee, obvmnt, hero/cques, poete, c\^ue, mari'age, pays. 



(1, verso) 



I. 



DlZAIN^ ENVOYE AU RoY PAR JuSTIOE ET PaIX. 



Le Redempteur, (Fran9oys, Roy treschretien), 

 Vous a proniis au ciel saturite. 



beati qui Tousjours avez desire 1 entretien 



esuriunt ^^^ -_ . , ,, . . , 



et sitiimt. ^'^ ™oy? Justice, et nors lobscunte 



Mathei 5. De guerre, France est en securite. 



cf quomam. Pource que VOUS estez Roy pacifique, 



Proniis vous est, par loy evangelicque, 



Que vous serez appelle filz de Dieu ; 



Justicia et Pax Parfaict en France est I'escript pi'opheticque, 

 osculate sunt. ^ . _,. ,. ,.,. 



ps. 84. Justice et Paix se baisent au diet lieu. 



II. 



Interpretation de ce present embleme.' 



Avecques paix le Roy man tient 

 Justice, et es deux la main tient ; 

 La prophetic davidique 

 Est accomplie, ou david diet que 



' This poem refers to the miniature on the following page, in which Francis 

 I is seen joining the hands of two female figures which represent Justice and 

 Peace. The three are standing within a columned portico which has for a back- 



