L. 297. mon feu: in this sensé commonly plural, as in

L. 301. de rudes combats dépends upon qtie : ' what hard struggles.' s^intéresse : ' is interested.'

L. 305, 307. Réduit au triste choix . . . mon mal est infini. The construction is illogical, but the sensé clear, the subject of réduit being implied in mon. In English, ' Reduced as I am,' etc. Compare 1. 78, 99. Note also the force of de in des deux côtés — 'on both sides,' 'in either case.'

L. 311. The reader will note the double antithesis,/r/r — maîtresse; honneur — amour : on the one hand, noble et dure contrainte ; on the other, aimable tyrannie ; obey I the one — tous mes plaisirs sont morts ; the other, ma gloire ternie. In such condensed antithèses, throughout this and other stanzas of this splendid monologue, the struggles of Rodrigue's mind are most eloquently depicted.

L. 316. ensemble : ' at the same time.' généreuse, hère, as 270, etc., in sensé of 'noble,' ' spirited ; ' amoureuse, ' loving ' without such implication as in English.

L. 322. Je dois à ; 'I am under obligation to,' expressed absolutely. The verb devoir usually requires an object.