Fondi, a town in Italy. (Campania

24. Il veut, used absolutely, " he wills it ", " he commands it ". Vouloir in the indicative mood is much stronger than the English " wish ".

Page 14, 1. 4. princes du conclave, i.e. the cardinals; a conclave is an assembly of cardinals to elect a pope.

6. lin, " flax ", used hère for un vêtement de lin, "a linen robe". " Linseed ", la graine de lin, "linen" (underclothing, &c), le linge.

12. monseigneur de Vienne, the Archbishop of Vienne; a town on the Rhône.

15. les pasteurs, les curés, parish priests (poeticaO. The word "pasteur" as a title is applied exclusively to Protestant ministers. But, le Bon Pasteur, "the Good Shepherd ". The

word is really the old accusative (pastorem) of " fiâtre" (pastor). Pâtre is used in the literal sensé of " shepherd ".

23. Que paraient, &c. Note the double inversion: "que les dépouilles fleuries de nos bois paraient". This inversion is fréquent even in prose, when the subject of a relative clause is long-, or complex.

27. Amboise, a town on the Loire. It contains a very ancient castle in which Charles VIII was born. This king had it reconstructed, and he died there.

Page 15, 1. 9. se souvient, &c., has been too long reminded (i.e. by the fact that he is kept waiting). Note the constructions: "Je demeure dans cette maison depuis cinq ans", "I hâve been living . . . for five years (i.e. I am there still)"; "y ai demeuré {pendant} cinq ans dans cette maison ", " I lived there for five years (i.e. I do not live there now)"; "Je demeurais dans cette maison il y a cinq ans", "I lived there five years ago ".

10. ce qu'il eût su, for ce qu'il aurait su. The pluperfect subjunctive may replace the perfect conditional ; also, the pluperfect Indicative after si; s'il me l'eût demandé, for s'il me l'avait demayidé. This is the only case when si can be followed by a subjunctive.