olographe, holograph, written wholly by the author

1. 23. ce qiû Auguste et Mécène ont fait autrefois pour Horace et pour Virgile. The Emperor Augustus and his trusted counsellor Maecenas were patrons of arts and letters. Horace was the favourite of the wealthy Maecenas, who introduced Virgil to Augustus. Cf. Spenser's lament for his lack of patrons, Shep. Cal, Oct, Eclogue :

But ah ! Maecenas is yclad in claye. And great Augustus long ygoe is dead.

Page 36. 1. 20. plus de cachets, no more private lessons ; cachet lit. an engraved seal, or a printed card, such as naight be presented by a pupil to his master at each lesson. Courir le cachet, to give private lessons. See p. 37, 1. 24.

Page 37. 1. 2. chapeau chinois, Chinese bells ; musical instrument on the upper part of which was fixed a sort of cap like a Chinese cook's hat.

I. 30. Un petit croque-notes, a wretched musician. Croque, from croquer, to bite or make a noise while biting. Familiar term of scorn or contempt.

Page 41. 1. 35. La vie de château n'est pas mon fait, life in a castle is not in my Une.

Page 42. 1. 5. jqui lui était échu, which had corne to him as an inheritance. Échu, past participle of defective verb échoir, from Latin ex + coder e.