Fagotin, the name of a monkey then celebrated for his

performances in a parisian puppet show. 14. Louvre is used hère in the sensé of palace. The Louvt-e is the name of the old palace of the French kings. It is joined to the Tuileries and contains splendid apartments and magnificent galleries of paintings, sculptures, and sundry artistic collections.

n. Il se fut bien passer de faire cette mine, 'he had as lief not bave made such a face'.

112 Notes.

Line 19. l'envoya chez Pluton faire le dégoûté. 'Sent him to Pluto for his squeamishness'. Pluto, the God of the Lower Régions in Grecian Mythology.

21. This line does not rhyme with any other in the fable. This is a blemish.

23 — 24. Il n'était ambre, il n'était fleur qui ne fut ail au prix, 'There was no amber, there was no flower which was not like garlie when compared to it'. On au prix, see note 11 fable XXIV page 98.

27. CaligvZa, Emperor of Rome (37 to 41) A. D., son of Gerraanicus and Agrippina. The line alludes to what Caligula did after the death of his sister Drusilla. He had her placed among the goddesses, and punished both those who mourned her death, and those who did not; the fornaer because it was an insuit to her as a goddess, and the latter because they insulted her in not deploring her loss.