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37 i5 — En, for comme : Like. Comme, from Lat. quomodo^in the same manner.

37 20 — Que corresponds to the Lat. utina7n : Oh that !

Would that !

38 4 — Confusion, for déshonneur : Disgrâce. Confusion

is derived from confus, lit. confused, from Lat.

confusus (from confundere), confused, disturbed.

— A vous, /())• pour vous.

38 lo — A tort : WrongfuUy. " Avoir tort," to be wrong.

See note page 7, line 7.

3S 26 —Se rencontre : Ilappens to be. — Etym., re, and

the Old Fr. v. encontrer, compounded of en

(Lat. in) and contre (Lat. contra, against).

The proper meaning of rencontrer is to meet.

Cf. Engl. encounter.

38 28 — Coups, ycpr blessures: Wounds. — Coup, //'/. ablow,

in Old Fr. colp, It. colpo, from Low Lat. colpus (Lex Salica) a contractée! form of colapns (Lex Alamannorum), which is a secondary form of Lat. colaphus (Gr. /coXa^or), lit. a blow with the fist, a box on the ear.

39 I — Il attend : He waits for. N.B. The v. attendre

means only to vvait for or to expect, but never to attend, which must be translated by such verbs as suivre, accompagner, servir, écouter^ soigner, etc., etc. — Etym., Lat. altendere.

^'^E.^ 39 ^'"-^ ï I — Redouble la victoire, for rend la victoire double. This expression is more Latin than P'rench ; it is tlie genànata Victoria of Livy. — Etym., re^ and doubler, to double, from the adj. doublCy from Lat. dupliis.

39 15 — Les Romains [en jettent] de joie. Sec note, p. 22, 1.27.

39 17 — Braver being a transitive v. requires always a direct object. (Tlie adj. brave, from Ital. bravo, courageous, was introduced in the sixteenth century.)

39 21 — Tout d'un temps, Jor tout de suite, immédiaten^nt.

39 26 — Peu s'en faut, for presque : Almost. — Etym., falloir (impersonal and irregular v.), to be wanting, from Lat. fallerc. Cf. Gr. apàWnv, to stagger, and to fail, (Jerm. ftlUii, Engl. to fall.

39 29 — Pencliar.t, i.e., penchant vers sa ruine : Verging on its ruin. — lL\.yn'\.,pc)icher, to stoop.to incline, from Low Lat. pcndkare, derivcd from pendere, byregular contraction oi pcndicarc io pend' care, whence pencher.

39 35 — This is one of the beautiful passages which used

to make Mme. de Sévigné (1626 — 1696) exclaim, in spite of her prédilection for Racine, " Vive notre vieux Corneille !"

40 7, 8 — Tandis, for cependant, en attendant : In the

meanwhile. Tandis must be followed by qne. — Etym., Lat. tam and dies. — The whole of this passage lias been condemned by Voltaire and other commentators as not being French. It means, He has sent me to you on a mission of condolence and congratulations.

40 12 — En represents hère a proposition, i.c.i qii'il la reconnaît.