Scène III

66 9— Une amour éternelle : Remark hère amour

féminine in the singular. See note on nouvelles amours, page 3, line 20. We find, page 49, line 20, " amour materna." Ménage, in his " Observations, " published in 1672, says:-~ " In prose amour is now masculine only, but it is still of both genders in poetry, oftener masculine, however, than féminine. "

66 10— Ne vous assurez point sur : Do not put confidence

in.

67 8 — Des larmes véritables : Phœdra's teàrs, so

wickedly explained by the nurse, "J'ai servi malgré moi d'interprète à ses larmes," page 51, line 22.