honnêtes gens, gentlefolk

P. 7, L 4. Armand Jean Duplessis, cardinal de Richelieu (1585 — 1649).

1. 5. des poètes, *• Sint Msecenates, non deemnt, Flacce, Marones.**

L 8. leurs grâces, their favours, their liberalities.

Lu. cdle des vingt-quatre heures, the well-known nile that the action of a dramatic work must not be snpposed to eztend beyond twenty-four honrs.

1. 13. dont on Ravisa, of which àuthors bethought themselves.