SCENE IV

- 34 12— Avecque*. an old form (thirteenth century) îotavec, and still used in verse when the mètre requires it

35 9— Soufflet : A blow, buffet; cuff, slap, box on the car* .From souffler, to blow ; Lat. sufflare.

35 *3 — Ce n'est pas qu'en effet : Not that indeed . . •

35 16— J'ai pu délibérer : I could think twice.

35 20— Emportoit la balance: PrevailedoveralL Balance, from Lat. bilancem (bis and lancem, basin»

scale). Notice.-— Bt/an, s.m., a balance-sheet, introduced in the sixteenth century, with many other commercial terms, from Italian bilancio. Faire son bilan, to draw up the balance-sheet ; . Déposer son bilan, to stop payment.

35 21— A moins que d'opposer : Had I not opposed, but for opposing . . .

35 24^0», far celle qui : She who loved me noble would . hâte me shamed.

35 . 26 — Diffamer ton choix : Condemn your choice. Diffamer, from Lat- diffatnare % to spread abroad an ill report, should hâve a name of a person or a personal pronoun as a complément.

35 29— Et j'ai dû m'y porter : And I was led to it, driven to do it Notice. — Se porter à des extrémités, to proceed to extremities ; Il se porte au bien, he is well-inclined.

35 32— Satisfaire à : To discharge a duty ; I now corne to satisfy my debt to thee.

Page 36 Une 5— Je j>leure mes malheurs : I weep over my mis? fortune, I onlv mourn my fete.

36 8— Un homme de bien : An hononrable man. Vu*

bonus, probus.

36 12— Même soin me regarde : I havc thc same concern. See p. 4, L 23.

36 14— Ton intérêt : Hère, your fate (the share of misery you hâve in this sad occurrence). See p. 32, LaS.

36 16— Le bien: The happiness, the blessing. Notice.— Faire dn bien à quelqu'un, to do one good ; Acquérir du bien, to get wealth ; Il a un petit bien dans les environs, he has a small prqperty in the neighbourhood ; Travailler au bien public, to labour for the public weaL

36 18— Des charmes: Magic soothings, spells.

36 22— Dont l'ordre m'assassine : Whose tyranny kills me.

36 26 — De quoi qu'en ta faveur notre amour m'entretienne : However strongly our love may plead in your favour. ( Whatever our love may object, speak to me in your favour.)

36 * 32 — Intérêt : Duty. The use Corneille has made of this word {see p. 32, 1. 28 ; p. 36, 1. 14) renders it interestiog to compare the French noun intérêt with ihe Latin verb interest, from which it cornes. Inierest nostra, il nous importe; Interest reipublicœ, il est de l'intérêt de la république ; Interest régie, un pays les sépare ; Interesse spectaculo, assister à un spectacle; Inter eos hoc interest, il y a entre eux cette différence.

36 35— C'est reculer ta gloire : Would be deferring the

satisfaction which your honour daims. Notice. — To recoil from danger, recaler devant le danger ; He is too far engaged to fall back, il est trop avancé pour reculer ; Draw back that table, reculez cette table ; Move away, reculexvous..

57 i— Va, je suis ta partie et non pas ton bourreau : No,

I claim justice, I do not exécute it. For va % allons, see p. 37, 1. 24.

37 2— Est-ce à moi de? Is it for me to, does it become

me to ? Notice. — Ile should command, c'est à lui de commander ; It beboves you not to dispute his rights, ce n'est pas à vous de contester ses droits ; It is your turn to speak, c'est à vous de parler.

Page tflinell — Du tien doit prendre la vengeance : Must revenge yours ; p. 35, L 16. Corneille does not use the article, si fen prendrois vengeance. This latter expression is still correct, but we should now say venger quelqu'un, and not prendre la vengeance de quelqu'un.

37 12 — A quel propos ? Why, for what reason ? 37 17 — Aux traits de ton amour : To the dictâtes of your love, to the ardour of your love, or simply to your ardent love. Cf. Ce n'est point là un trait d'ami, that is not a friendly turn or office. 37 24 — Va, in this and other Unes, such as " va, je suis ta partie" . . ., p. 37, 1. I; "allons, mon âme" . . ., p. 14, 1. 15 ; " allons, mon bras " . . ., p. 14, 1. 25, the verb aller loses its original meaning, and must be translated by some équivalent expression in harmony with the situation. In 1. I, p. 37, va may be translated by no t as Chimène refuses to grant Rodrigue his request ; in L 24, p. 37, " va, je ne te hais point," is a burning déclaration of love, the force of which cannot but be weakened by translation, " Nay, but I hâte thee not." In Unes 15 and 25, d. 14, allons is a lash of the whip given to failing courage : now, to action, do your duty, &c

37 27 — Faux bruits : False report, slander. Bruits

médisants or calomnieux would be more correct.

38 7 — Encore que: Although. Like bien que, quoique,

ail governing the subjunctive.

38 16 — Malgré des feux si beaux qui troublent ma colère : Despite such ardent love which hinders my wrath.

38 19— De ne rien pouvoir : To be powerless, to fail in my endeavours. Notice. — When the verb is in the présent infinitive the adverb modifying the négative cornes before the verb. Example. — Ne pas savoir, ne jamais dire, ne plus voir, &c

38 35— Heur : Old French for bonheur, happiness. Still used in the expression heur et malheur y good and bad luck. Littré says that it may be still used juditiously in verse and in an elevated style of prose. Etym., aiir in the fourteenth century, with the same meaning as the Lat* augurium, augury.

Page 39 Une 4— Encore un coup : I tell y ou once more. Notice. — Four le coup je vous apporte de bonnes nouvelles, this time I bringyou goodjiews; Après coup, too late; Coup sur coup, one after another; A tous coups, at every turn; Du premier coup, at the very first ; Tout à coup, ail of a sudden ; Tout d'un coup, ail at once ; A coup sûr, unquestionably.

39 5 — Une mourante vie : A lingering life.

39 6— Tant que : We should now say jusqu'à ce que, till.

39 9— Garde bien qu'on te voie : Take great care not to

be seen (guard from being seen). Notice. — After garder çtte f as well as after prendre garde que, the subordinate sentence must be made négative with ne. Prends garde qu'on ne te voie, take care not to be seen ; Prends garde qu'on te voie, take care to be seen (hâve care that you are seen).