et c'est un amant roi, and a royal lover

487.. au secours. Helpl Expressions of this kind are often in

the dative, with a verb such as venez^ understood. Cf. d moi, and à Vaide.

506. dame . . . femme. In this line dame means a lady of birth and position, and femme implies one possessing wqmanly traits of character.

531. dix royaumes enoor, a general, rather than exact reference to the various provinces of Spain. The final e in encore is here omitted for metrical reasons.

551. oe chef de bohémiens, this gypsy chieftain. The French use the word hohemxens to denote the gypsies, because these people were supposed to have come from Bohemia originally.

558. c'était d'un Imprudent . . . d'un lâche, c'était Paction d^un imprudent, etc.