ACT III. SCENE IV

860. pleurante, for modem qui pleure, or at least pleurant, but as Appears from 1329 and I334« as well as in other plays, Racine does not distinguish accurately between the présent participle and the verbal adjective.

864. That is : the only one for which I cared. Note the Euphuistic affectation that makes seul refer in the same line to a figurative and a material heart. Q^.feux, 320. oïl iox auquel. Cp. 463.

866. Eneid, iv. 29, 30 : " My first spouse bore away my love. Let him keep it and guard it in his tomb."

867. Cp. Sophocles, Thrachinian Women, 142-143. 870. son intérêt, carefor his welfare. Cp. 276^ 872. qu* for lorsque.

874. mère, i. e., Helena who speaks in Iliad, xxiv. 768-772, of Hector's kindness to her.