L. 1562. de la sorte ; ' thus

L. 1564. C'est trop peu que de vous ; that is, c'est trop peu de vous; ' You are to few,' ' there are too few of you . ' Compare the use

i io LE CID. [Acte V, Se. II, III, IV.

of que de, before an infinitive, I. 1201, etc. Voltaire tells us that this expression, Paraissez Navarrois, had become a proverb. The whole passage is admirably in character. Surely Chïmène's éloquent and tender appeal might hâve moved a less enthusiastic tetnper than the Cid's. The entire scène is in the author's highest style. We can only regret that the interest of the action must again make way for the Infanta's vacillating sentimentality.