n'a que faire de, cf. page 7, note

Pagre 24. — I. un Chl^peau des plus pointus, a very pointed hat^ merely a comic accessory, since pointed bats wcie no lon<^er in fashion. (Monval.) — Hippocrate, Ifppocrates (ne. 4^'»^ 359 or 377?), Greek physiciau, *Father of Medicine*. In Molicre's time Hippo-

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crates and Galen (Greek physician of the second century after Christ) were still the médical àuthorities. In Molière's le Médecin volant^ Valère encourages Sganarelle to play the doctor as follows : ** Gorgibus is a simple, dull-witted man, who will be dazzled by your discourse, provided you talk about Hippocrates and Galen, and put on a brazen face/*

2. chapitre . . . des chapeaux. Cf. l'Intimées référence to imaginary passages in Justinian*s Code: "The paragraph on capons, in the law beginning Si guis canis (* If any dog*), in the article De Vi (* On Violence*)." (Racine, les Plaideurs, Wright éd., 775, note).

Pagr6 25* — I. licences, in modem French: licence ^ ' licentiate*s degree*. Translate: denrée. "This degree, which was very solemnly conferred, after four years of study (two years for the baccalaureate and two years for the licentiate) and many tests, gave the full right to practice medicine. The doctorate conveyed rather university rights and honors." (E. W. Olmsted, Molière's le Malade imaginaire),

2. je l'enverrais promener, I*ll send him about his business.

3. donner. In Molière's les Fourberies de Scapin, Scapin, after giving Géronte a drubbing, offers a similar mock apology.