vie comique, actor's life

4. les sept péchés mortels, i. e., the comedians considered as the embodiment of the seven deadly sins : pride, idleness, envy, murder, covetousness, lust and gluttony.

5. Aragon, an ancient kingdom, now a captaincy-general of Spain, capital Saragossa. Cuença, capital of the province of Cuença, noted in literature.