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crushed by a cart, as is proved by a stone cross which stands near the
 
crushed by a cart, as is proved by a stone cross which stands near the
 
cemetery, and which gives the name of the dead, Monsieur Bernard Debrye,
 
cemetery, and which gives the name of the dead, Monsieur Bernard Debrye,
Merchant of Brussels, and the date of the accident, February, 1637. It was so
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Merchant of Brussels, and the date of the accident, February, 1637.[[8]] It was so
 
deep on the table-land of Mont-Saint-Jean that a peasant, Mathieu Nicaise,
 
deep on the table-land of Mont-Saint-Jean that a peasant, Mathieu Nicaise,
 
was crushed there, in 1783, by a slide from the slope, as is stated on
 
was crushed there, in 1783, by a slide from the slope, as is stated on
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say, terrible.
 
say, terrible.
  
==Translation notes==
 
  
===Ridet Caesar, Pompeius flebit.===
 
  
Caesar is laughing, Pompey weeping.
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==Translation notes==
 
 
===Scabra rubigine.===
 
 
 
Rough from rust.
 
  
 
==Textual notes==
 
==Textual notes==
 
===February, 1637===
 
 
This is the inscription:—
 
                      D. O. M.
 
                    CY A ETE ECRASE
 
                      PAR MALHEUR
 
                    SOUS UN CHARIOT,
 
                    MONSIEUR BERNARD
 
                    DE BRYE MARCHAND
 
              A BRUXELLE LE [Illegible]
 
                      FEVRIER 1637.<ref name="hapgood">Hugo, Victor. ''Les Misérables. Complete in Five Volumes.'' Trans. Isabel F Hapgood. Project Gutenberg eBook, 2008.</ref>
 
  
 
==Citations==
 
==Citations==
 
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