I — Vertu. Corneille often uses this word in the strict

sense of the Lat; virtus (vir), manliness, courage.

49 2 — De pied ferme ; Resolutely, firmly.

49 2 — Alfanges : Scimitars ; from a Spanish word

derived from Arabie.

49 3 — De notre sang au leur. Au is used here for

avec le .

49 6 — Exploits célèbres : Heroic deeds (worthy of

becojning famous). Sont demeurés sans gloire, were lost to famé.

49 10 — Les nôtres ; Our men. Notice. — Les miens, les

tiens, les siens, etc., is used to designate those who hâve some connection with the speaker, the person spoken to, or the one spoken of ; it may mean relations, soldiers, partisans, &c., according to the context.

Et ne l’ai pu savoir : And I could not know fV, that is to say, Ou le sort inclinoitf which way fortune inclined.

49 24 — Cependant que ; We should say now pendant

que, or tandis que, whilst.

49 25 — Et quelque peu des leurs : And some few of their

defenders. — See line 10.

49 3° — Et que is governed by voyant in the preceding line

Remark that in line 1324 voyant is construed with the infinitive, in the next one with “ que.” This would be considered quite incorrect in prose ; it would be necessary to repeat voyant in the second line, or to continue the same construction with the infinitive.

49 33— *Et le combat cessa faute de combattans. This

celebrated line has become a proverb.

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