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41. Promet beaucoup, tient peu. wUl promise mueh, Imt perform UUU. Permet à son courage, supply defaiare.

42. Serments indiscrets, promises soUmn^ liut rash, 47. Dégager, lit. set/ree^ hère redeem.

49. Prétendre dire Is sometimes, as hère, used for vouloir dire, **to mean.*'

50. Oéler, instead of coeher, is now found only in verse, and even there but rarely. 8e cacher occurs in the f oUowing line. The word was ppobably chosen to avoid répétition.

67* Oe superbe, this proud. Standing* before its nonn this adjective has the meaning of **prond** or '^haughty''; standing after it, of '^magnificent.'* Oe Soudan même, this very suUan,

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