Scène

588. couleurs de la ville. The Italian cities had almost ail in earlier times been in fact, even if not in name, independent municipal republics, and so had armoriai devices and colors. Vivat (Latin), " May he live," Hurrah.

589. es-, a prefix contracted from en les, and obsolète except

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in certain titles, such as Bachelier-ès-lettres. As used hère it has a touch of comic self-sufficiency.

597. To make the line of proper length we must hait after Filip for the space of one syllable and a major pause. Compare the passage quoted from Professor Passy, Introduction, p. ix.

598. chevalier de Malte, Knight of Malta^ or of St. John, which order held that island from 1530 to 1798. Their vows included celibacy.

605. hirondelles. Their autumn flight is regretted because it announces the approach of winter.

614. de même, i.e. with the same son plaintif {(n"!). 619. plantes-là, désert or abandon.

Notes

[On THE LOCALITY AND DaTE SEE INTRODUCTION.]

Stage, vigne folle, wi/d graj>e or wild vines. pan coupé, stde scène, of which three or more, separated by coulisseSy close to the spectator each side of the stage, armes, i.e. coats of arms^ heraldic devices. Henri IV. (1553-1610, king from 1589), the most popular of French rulers. fraise, ruff^ like the Elizabethan collar. son ordre, probably the " Oak of Navarre." bahut, chest. At this time thèse were often of great size and magnificently carved.