que si. Que hère is redundant

L 36. L Annseus Seneca (? — a.d. 65).

il ne laissa pas de.,, liter. he did not leavefrom^ i.e. he nevertheless.

P. 8, 1. 9. à qui en voulait-on f Against whom were thèse caricatures directed ?

1. 14. There is an Englîsh imitation of Le Cid by Rutter (London, 1637 — ^40, 9 vois. i2mo.), and a translation by Bell, 1714. A German version by G. Greflinger was published at Hambuig, 1679, 8vo.

L 35. Paul Pellisson-Fontanier (1634 — 1693), a distingaished writer ; composed a well-known histoire de P Académie Française^ which was continued by the Abbë d'Olivet.

L a8. il faut s* en prendre^ we must find fault with.

L «9. oii c^ eût été tris-mal parler.,, It would hâve been awant of manners on the part of courtiers to praise a work which Richelieu disliked so much.

P. 9, L I. Georges de Scudêri (1601 — 1667), a wretched author, whose conceit was equalled only by his literary worthlessness.

" Bienheureux Scudëri, dont la fertile plume Peut tous les mois sans peine enfanter un volume." (Boileau.) Scudëri's Observations were published in 1637.

L 1. The Académie Française was founded in 1634.

1.5. Vautre partit, The word /ar/lÂ; in law language means one of the sUitors, either plaintiflf or défendant.