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Page 14 Une l*J — Tirer raison, for tirer vengeance. Notice.— Il m’avait offensé, j’en ai tiré raison, he ha«i offended me, I hâve obtained satisfaction from him. Il est venu me demander raison, he came to challenge me.

14 21 — Egarée : Bewildered.

1 4 23 — Ce penser: This thought ; an infinitive used as a

substantive. Corneille constantly uses this particular verb so, both in the singular and in the plural : —

De pensers sur pensers nom âme est agitée.

— Polyeucte.

14 23 — Suborneur : Pernicious. From suborner, which

means, to entice some one to commit a wicked act. Lat. sud , under (secretly) and ornare , to préparé, deck, dress.

E4 28 — Avant qu’à ma maîtresse : This is an elliptical

sentence ; it stands for, avant que de devoir rien à ma maîtresse, before I owe anything to my mistress.