de prêter main-forte, ' to aid in bis capture

28. le lenl . . . qui f&t. Note the subjuuctive mood after U seul. After le plue, U mieux, le moins, le premier, le dernier, le seul, or auy superlative foUowed by a relative pronoun, the subjunotive is used wheu relation to or comparison vrith utlier individuals or objects ie expresaed, as here ; but wheu tbe sensé is an absolute one and in iiotliing sabordituUe, the indicative must be used. Kx. : C'est le seul homme de la famille qui a (not ait) de l'esprit (t.e. who aetually, ahsolutely has). Cf. Latin construction qui (with Indicative or conjuuctive) under similar circumstances.