Tant-mieux, 'So much the better' is the optimist doctor

106 Notes.

Line 4. gisant from gésir literally 'the lying down one' that is 'the patient'.

4. irait voir ses aïeux, 'would go and see his forefathers' that is 'would die*.

5. s'étant trwivés différents pour la cure 'botli having dififered about the cure'.

7. Après qu'en ses conseils 'Tant-pis eut été cru, after 'So much the worst's advice had been foUowed'.

Ln. LA POULE AUX ŒUFS D'OR. iEsop's fable 343. Line 1. This line is frequently quoted.

2. Je ne veux pour le témoigner 'to bear witness to it I only want'.