devant que. Avant que is now required

Page 81. — I. Aux grands comédiens, (de la troupe royale de VHÔtel de Bourgogne), They were Molière's rivals and bitter enemies. Hence the satire. In 1680 Molière's troupe was joined to those of the Hôtel de Bourgogne 'and the Marais, to form the present Théâtre Français,

2. ma petite oie, my finery ; lit., "giblets of the goose, abatis** a collective term applied to hat, gloves, stockings, ribbons, etc., in general, to the small ornaments of a gentleman's dress. The rib* bon bows (galants) were the most prominent feature. There werf sometimes five or six hundred of them. Cf. Quicherat: Histoir" du costume en France,

3. congruante, appropriate \ a rare word, written thus by all tb* old editiohs of Les Prie, Rid, Littré gives congruent^ — e.

Pagre 82. — i. Perdrigeon, the most fashionable dealer in gentlemen's wearing apparel.