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22 8 — A ses pleurs, for par ses pleurs. (Pleurer, to

weep, from Lat. plorare, to wail, to weep.)

23 13 — Se fâche : May get angry at. This expression has

been found too weak by most commentators, as "se fâcher" means properly " to take offence, to be put out," and is not applicable to a violent passion. This is (Unes 12 and 13) but an amplification of the old proverbial saying, " Bon sang ne peut mentir," true blood will always show itself. — Etym., fâcher, formerly

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fascher, cornes from the Provençal fastigar Xfast'gar, fas'^ar), which represents the Lat. fastidiiim, properjy, loathing, and fig. dislike, aversion.

rage 22 /mf 23— Vous ne vous serez lien: Lit., you will be nothing to each other — zV., you will no longer be related to each otlier.

-2 27 — Albe le veut, et Rome — ««^(?;-j^^^ le veut. This is a brachylooy breviloquentia) called Zeiig7na (from Gr. Çrjy/Aa, a bond, from ÇeÛyvu^i, to yoke, to join), which is used when the verb expressed in a proposition is understood in the folio wing. The m est striking instance of this figure of speech will be found in Act iii., se. 6, when the old Horace gives the famous answer, "Qu'il mourût," yî'/' Je voulais qu'il mourût..

23 3 — Si vous vous étiez moins : If you were less to

each other — i.e., if you were not so nearly related. — Etym., Moins, from Lat. minus, less- .23 13 — Haut appareil : Grand display. — Etym., Haut, formerly spelt hait, and originally ait, is derived from tlie Lat. allns, high. — Appareil \s the verbal subst. from appareiller, to pair, to put together — compounded of ad, changed ints ap, zndpareil, alike, fiom 'Lovr'LzX. pariculus, derived from par, equal.

23 19 — Aura vécu, /(?r aura cessé de vivre. (From Lat.

vivere, to live). The perfect vkus, Old French vcscus, vesqui, is derived from the Lat. vixi (vik-si); \izvicç.veski, vesqjii, veseus, and vécus.

■23 20 — Le — i.e., ce coup.

2^ 21 — Y condamne la mienne — i.e., condamne ma main à me le (ce coup) donner.

.23 22 — Sus donc : Come on, then. — Etym., sus, from Lat., susitm (in Tertullian and St. Augustine), for sursiim, from below — i.e-, up, upwards. — Donc, aphseresis of the Old Fr. adonc, from Lat. ad, and tune, then.