Egressus est Israel, etc. 1 Samuel xi

NOTES

Page 180 . — i. la bataille la plus hasardeuse, etc. At Nord- 1 in gen, the village of Allerheim was repeatedly assaulted by the French. They were repulsed until Mercy’s wound gave them the advantage. Still their right wing was routed.

а. <J*a dtd dans notre si&cle, etc. This comparison of Conde and Turenne greatly injured Bossuet’s Oration in the eyes of his contemporaries, or at least of the higher classes. They could not endure the praise of a simple nobleman to encroach on the eulogy of a prince of the blood.

3. tantot Opposes, etc. From 1651 to 1659, while Conde was in the Fronde or was commander of the Spanish army.

4. la sagesse se joue dans l’univers. Possible allusion to 1 Cor . i and iii.