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of reflexive verbs in French proper. The latest instances I 

 have found occur in the Roman de la Rose and Villehardouin ; 



but I dare say that avoir was used with reflexive verbs in 

 French about as long as ser was used in Spanish with the 

 same reflexive verbs. We shall see further on when the 



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