son bonheur, see page loi, note i

Page 71. — I. Hochstett ou de Malplaquet. There is a différence of five years between thèse dates. The battle of Hochstàdt took place in South western Germany, August 13, 1704, between the Austrians under Eugène, the British and their allies under Marlborough, aided by 10,000 Prussians under Leopold of Dessau, on the one side, and the French and Bavarians on the other. The English call it the battle of Blenheim. Marlborough was made a Prince of the Empire in conséquence of this victory, in which the British loss was not considérable. The queen wants really to speak of Malplaquet, where the Allies had such enormous losses.

2. trente mille combattants, in reality the loss of the Allies was altogether 18,000, whereof only a fraction fell on the English.

3. au juste, exactly. The queen speaks somewhat incoherently. Note the différence between connaître, to become acquainied with, to know exactly, and savoir in the following Une, meaning to find out.

l'a»'»- Ti. — I. n est un mystère, Thtre is a mysUry.

z. La partie est superbe, ourthatues in tke game are magnUutnt.

ACT IV. SCENE i.

Pa^ 7 S. — I. C'est inou!! Was tiurt ever amything Uke thisî z. Allons donc! ll'kat an idta!