ACT II. SCENE VIII

Page 29. — i. après = sur.

2. furieusement. A favorite word of the Précieuses and their imitators. Molière uses it quite often in his Précieuses ridicules.

Page 30. — I. je le donne en six coups, etc., 77/ give the most enlightened tailors six trials (cuts) to equal it. A parody on je le donne en cinq, etc., “ l’il give you five guesses,” etc.

2. en enbas = en bas. See en enhaut, line 6. The point at issue is that the flowers embroidered on the coat were put on the skirts instead of higher up. Or it may be that they were turned upside down, the heads hanging and the stems in air.