L. 1333-1380.] NOTES

1333-1336. Cp. 995-1001, and TroaSy 108-111, where even Agamemnon reproaches Pyrrhus for wanton cruelty : " The great exploit o£ Pyrrhus is that he beat down with pitiless sword Priam, the suppliant of his f ather." valeur abattue, Troie plongée, and Polyzène égorgée ( 1 337, 1338), are Latinisms. For the construction, see 80, and for the story of Polyxena, Euripides, Hecuba, 517-566.

1340. Corneille, Horace, 1338 : Ou, si tu n'es pas las de ces généreux coups, shows the same irony.

1342. vengeance d', vengeance for thjs abduction of.

1343. vous, i. e., as Helen*s daughter.

1344. consens d', for consens à,

1346. innocence, i. e., the innocuousness to you of my reciprocated love for her.

1347. gêner, torture or tonnent. Cp. 343.

1348. devait, should hâve. For the mood and tense, see 208.

1349. That is : It would wound your dignity to feel that I felt remorse. 1352. Note the ironical slur on her love for Orestq^.

1358. provinces, realm. au fond, emphasizes the distance of Epi rus from Sparta.

1360. bontés, condescension.

1361. injure, cp. 1261.

1363. rendu. Say: returning.

1365. inconstant, wkenyou were inconstant» fidèle, if y ou had been faithfuL Note the concision.

1367. trépas, i. e., a décision that will resuit in my death. 1369. Cp. 309.

1374. Dido (Eneiâf iv. 431-434), makes the same plea for delay, but in quite différent phrase.

1375. voi. For the form, see 688.

1 376-1 386. Thèse lines suggest Euripides, Medea, 621-624: " You are restless, far from your new betrothed. You regret that you linge r outside her dwelling. Marry her I Perhaps a god shall ratify my words. You will make a marriage that you will wish you had left unmade."

1378. un autre, any thing eîse. Not, as some hâve said, for une autre.

1379. That is : In your heart you are ever talking to her, and she is ever before your eyes.

1380. Cp. Eneid, iv. 380, 381 : "Nor do I detaîn you nor recall youi promises. Go, foUow the Italian breeze.''