Acte IV, Scène I

Z. 1103. porte jusqu'au ciel : 'exalts to heaven.' Compare

Z. 11 14. fait sojiner — 'sounds' — the same form in English being often transitive or intransitive. — Note the plural nouvelles.

L. 1 121. à ce généreux prince, dépends upon dema/ide : ' ask of.'

Z. 11 26. pour avoir. Compare 1. 703. Note the idiom, changer de.

L. 11 29. laisse agir: 'give way to.' Compare fais agir, 1. 444.

Z. 1135. la force : the force, namely, that had been temporarily weakened by the description of Rodrigue's exploits. For dise, 1. 1133, some éditions give the old form die.

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L. il 37. Pompe: hère mourning costume. The word primarily had référence to the solemnities — hence the trappings, etc — of a public procession. This sensé still lingers in the phrase pompes funèbres. This prolonged apostrophe of C. to her costume is one of the worst examples of a style that has been so often noticed already.

L. 1142. voici venir : 'hère cornes,' etc., idiom ; the infinitive depending on the verb in voici, as if vois-ici venir.