roide : see note p

,, 18. la célèbre interrogation de Manlius : — Qu'en dis-tu?

in Manlius Capitolinus, a famous tragedy by La Fosse (1653-1708), who took for his model Otway's Venice Pre- <:erved. Manlius, who is conspiring against the Senate, receives a letter informing him that he has been betrayed by his friend Servilius. He at once goes to him, shows him the letter, and, when he has read it, asks him : ' Qu'en dis-tu?' ' Frappe, ' answers Servilius, uncovering his breast ; but Manlius will not avenge himself. The traitor's death would now be useless, it is before his treason he should hâve killed him :

Ton sang valait alors qu'on daignât le répandre ; 11 aurait assuré l'effet de mon dessein : Mais sans fruit maintenant il souillerait ma main, Kt, trop vil à mes yeu.v pour laver ton offense, Je laisse à tes remords le soin de ma vengeance.

,, 24. qualités: i.c. 'titles,' 'profession.'

,, 26. grossoiement : amadc-upword from çrav.vi'Vi^r, 'to engross,' i.e. to copy in a large hand or distinct legible characters for préservation, as a record.