Scène V

1. 151. avec force [de] révérences, with repeated bows. Force is derived from the Low Latin substantivey&mrt.

1. 158. il est trop galant^ he is too much of a lady's man; galant is from the Old French verb galer =io be libéral, to enjoy one's self, to dance.

L 159. Dieu merci=[par'\ la merci de Dieu, liter., by the favour of God.

1. i6a Z*on sait un peu [son métier, sa besogne, son devoir], one knows a little one's business, duty, etc.