ACT IV. SCENE IX

The final version of this Ceremony appeared in the éditions published after Molière’s death, those of 1682 and 1734, though it probably dates from Molière. Lulli wrote the music for the Ceremony, and at Chambord took the part of the Muphti. See Introduction, page v.

Page 85. — I . Muphti, Mtcfti. An expounder of Mohammedan law; but in France at this time he was supposed to be the chief of the Moslem religion.