son fils, i. e., regard for his son

986. mânes, hère, as often in later Roman mythology, for a single spirit, but properly " the spirits of the départ ed," generally, or ail " the righteous spirits."

987. méprisât, with rougissent, dépends on pensez. For the tense, see 278. The indicatives fait (988), and foule (989), emphasize the certainty of the resuit.