De guerre lasse, quite tired out
Page 72. 1. 37. marbre de Paros. The island of Paros, one of the Cyclades, has long been famed for its marble quarries.
Page 75. 1. 30. une nouvelle équipée, a fresh whim.
Page 77. 1. 12. un manant, a boor.
1. 13. une péronnelle, impertinent minx, for Pétronelle, or Pétronille, fem. of Pierre ; the name occurs in a celebrated chanson of the fifteenth century.
Page 82. 1. 5. ils en faisaient fi, they cared nothing for them. Fi, an interjection. Cf. English ' oh fie ! '
1. 25. ce jardin des Hespérides. The Hesperides were the three daughters of Hesperus. Together with a dreadful dragon they were appointed to guard the golden apples which Juno had given to Jupiter on the day of their nuptials. It was one of the labours of Hercules to procure some of thèse golden apples.
Page 84. 1. 38. il ne croyait pas le musicien en état, de lui tenir tête, he did not think the musician could hold his own against him.
Page 88. 1. 35. avoir mis ma femme et mon enfant sur la paille, having reduced my wife and child to beggary.
Page 94. 1. 19. Summum iu^s, summa iniuria, extrême justice, extrême iryustice ; that is to say, it is often iniquitous
to apply the law with tlie utmost rigour. This is quoted by Cicero, De Officiis, bk. I, x. 23, as a proverbial saying.
Page 97. 1. 8. sciemment ou à votre insu, knowingly or in ignorance. See note to p. 8, 1. 10.
Page 99. 1. 5. me mettre hors de gonds, to exasperate me. Gond, hinge.
1. 19. Justinien: Justinian, born 482 a.d., died 565, famous Roman emperor. Best known as a legislator ; he set himself to coUect and codify the principal impérial Constitutions or statu tes in force at his accession.
Page 100. 1. 32. tous les mots portent coup, every word carries weight.
Page 105. 1. 16. de Nemrod, de Chiron et d'Orphée. Nimrod, the great hunter ; cf. Genesis x. 9 : ' He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.'
Chiron, a Centaur, half man, half horse, celebrated for his knowledge of hunting and shooting ; he was entnisted with the éducation of Janus.
Orpheus, celebrated mythical lyric poet ; he so charmed Pluto by his music that he was given leave to take his wife Eurydice fiom the nether world.
Page 110. 1. 20. Tout allait à souhait, ail was happening according to his wishes.
1. 32. V inspiration lui avait toujours fait défaut, inspiration had always evaded him.
Page 113. 1.30. J'ai formé . . . une demande reconventionnelle, I hâve issued a counter-summons.
Page 122. 1.11. Arminius, the gênerai of the German army which conquered the Romans under Varus, a.d. 9, on which occasion Augustus cried eut in deep sorrow, ' Oh Varus, restore me my légions.'
