Proférer, utter, ‘ prononcer à haute voix

P. 5, 1. 3 LAscARIS (Constantine). One of the learned Greeks who contributed most to the revival of classical literature in Europe. He came to Italy from Constantinople after the fall of the Eastern empire, taught Greek at Milan and at Rome, and died at Messina in 1493.

L22 sur la foi..on the authority.

1.33. des Comnènes. This celebrated family of the Lower-Empire has given six emperors to Constantinople, one to Heraclea, and ten to Trebizond. , | |

P.6,L 12. comme Ent...

see feror exul in altum cum sociis, natoque, Penatibus et magnis Dis.” (Vzrgi2.)

. Lio. dune égale pitié, for avec une, etc. Thus again: “Il lui parlait tant qu’il pouvait, et la lorgnait d’une grande assiduité.” (Hamilion.)

1.27. toute chrétienne... altogether Christian. Zowufe is here feminine for the sake of euphony. The rules of the order of Saint Benedict are still considered a model of wisdom. The founder of the Benedictine community was born in 480, and died in 543. |

P. 7, LL. 12. BARLAAM[r300—1348], a learned monk of the order of Saint Basil, was one of the first to revive in Italy the study of the Greek language and philosophy.

1, 20. ce commerce de lumières, that intellectual intercourse.

L 22. qu'on serait toujours à temps, that people would always be in time.