>>>385.29 "Voltaire's remark about Gas- and As-tronomers" ?<<< Consensus from MDMD, was that this is an allusion to: "Ass, Grass, or Gas. Nobody Rides For Free." www.xkms.org/Collectibles-Assorted-2/ASS-GAS-GRASS-DECAL.htm >>>389.21 "the old Spadroon" What's a spadroon?<<< 'A sword much lighter than a broadsword, and made both to cut and thrust' [OED]