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last line, "If you will share my lot with me".--469. The man in black:
This priest seems to have been a Fraser of Lovat. See _Romany Rye_, p.
25, and "Arbuthnot" in the _Bibliog._--481. Armenian: It must be
remembered that Borrow's Armenian was limited to the Introduction,
Grammar and Lat.-Arm. Dict. of the Jesuit Joseph Villotte, 1714, fol.,
which he picked up at Norwich in 1822-23 as he tells us on p. 175, and
_Romany Rye_, p. 92. Hence all his examples are taken from that
book--_mi_, one; _yergou_, two; _yerek_, three, and those in _Romany
Rye_.--482. Buona sera (It.): Good evening.--482. Per far visita, etc.:
To pay your lordship a call, that is my motive.--486. Che io non, etc.,
read _ch' in_, etc.: That I do not believe at all.--488. Addio:
Farewell.--497. Pulci: See the _Bibliog._ This version is rather free
and _local_. Here is the original (canto xviii., f. 97, ed. 1546):--
_Rispose allhor Margutte_: "_A dirtel tosto_,
_Io non credo piu al nero ch' a l'azzurro_,
_Ma nel cappone_, _o lesso_, _o_, _vuogli_, _arrosto_,
_E credo alcuna volta anco nel burro_,
_Nella cervogia_, _e_, _quando io n'ho_, _nel mosto_,
_E molto pui nell' aspro che il mangurro_,
_Ma sopra tutto nel buon vino ho fede_,
_E credo che sia salvo chi gli crede_."
503. O Cavaliere, etc.: Oh, Sir Walter, ye have wrought much in behalf of
the Holy See!--504. Poveri frati: Poor friars!--508. One fellow I met:
See the postillion's story on pp. 536-48.--513. Master in Arm. is
_d'yer_; of a master, _d'yearn_; pl., _d'yeark_.--515. Koul Adonai, read
_Kol A_. The next quotation is from part of verse 4 of the xxixth Psalm,
which he gives according to the prayer-book version.
LIST OF GYPSY WORDS IN _LAVENGRO_
Adrey, in.
Ambrol, pear.
Ande, in, into.
Andre, in, within.
Angar, charcoal, coals.
Apopli, again.
Aukko, here is.
Ava, yes.
Avali, yes.
Avella, comes, is coming.
Baro, large, big.
Bawlor, swine.
Bebee (aunt), grandmother.
Bengui, devil.
Bitchadey, pl. sent.
Bitchadey pawdel (p. 300), an error for _bitchado pawdel_, sing.
Boro, great.
Borodromengro, highwayman.
Boro foros, London.
Cafi, horse-shoe nail.
Cana, when.
Caulor, shillings.
Chabe, pl. of
Chabo, child, lad, Gypsy.
Chachipen, truth.
Chal, lad, Gypsy.
Chal Devlehi, go with God, farewell.
Chavo, _i.q. chabo_.
Chi, girl, lass, Gypsy.
Chinomescro, chisel.
Chipes, pl.
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