BoBMrré, in durcmee

425. Serait d'un oœur barbare, supply after êeraU^ le ^Hm^eur. Cf. the Latin f orm Hwncmi est errarey etc.

488. Aux bras» from the anrms, A foUows verbs of taking, etc., eorresponding to the Latin ablative.

401. Note that the il in estrU answers to English <t, and is theref ore nenter in gender.

467. Mon seul aspect, them&re sioM of me. Tenir lieu d'aflïont, atcmd in place of or be equboalent to, cun i/muU, Nérestan, being sure that his faith alone is the right one, does not hesitate to express his oontempt for his magnanimous enemy. The contrast is strong and not in f avor of the Christian.

484. Légers rhymes with fera only for the eye, a practioe disoonntenanced by Voltaire, but f req^uently observed by him. Cf. line 820.

497. Constme : Quoi d*kXal . . . qae ma fortmie aitj équivalent to quelque éclat . . . que . . . ^'Whatever," etc. Distinguish between quoi que, and quoique,

605* La cendre» by poetical license, the regular f orm being les cendres, **the ashes."

509. Nous reverrions = eam. il be true that we shall see agabn,

610. Devraient» another conditional, which cannot be rendered by an English conditional=*'can it be true that the christians shall be indebted to you for a man they love so much?"

610. Qu'on a soufferts, {of) which he has suffered h/fmeelf. Cf. Vergil {Aen, i, 634), Non ignora moH miseris suMwrere disco, The pathetic character of this meeting has been spoken of as absolutely new on the French stage. See La Harpe.

544. Du Oroissant, of the Crescent, emblem of the Turkish empire.

549. The Oharente is a river in France that flows into the Atlantic Océan, not far from the Gironde.

562. Satisfit, paid the penalty. Lis, lUies, the emblems of the French escutcheon. The line is an imitation of one of a certain abbé du Jarry, who had won a prize over Voltaire in a poetical contest. Speaking of trees strnck by a storm du Jarry had said they satisfont en tombant omx vents qu'ils ont bravés, The term satisfaire is used in connection with duels, to give satisfaction for wounded honor, etc.

660. L'asile des rois. Charles Stuart of Scotlaud, and Stan- ^las ex-king of Poland, as also Christina, queen of Sweden, were

hospitably received at the court of France. The expression is attributed to the régent, dnke of Orléans, as 'Beuchol informs us. The use of it hère is an anachronism and due to the wish of the poet to make a good impression on the king.

558. BoTlne, or rather jBouvines, is a city in northem France, near Lille. In 1214 Philippe-Augruste won hère a battle asrainst the revolted princes of northem France, stirred up by the Bnglish Jean sans Terre, and assisted by the emperor Otho IV. Enchaînait. This imperfect indicates that the speaker dwells on the pioture of the event.

569. Montmorenci. Matthieu de Montmorency, died in 1280. The family was one of the most distinguished in France.

600. Oouci. The most famous of this oelebrated family was the trou/oère, le Sire de Couey, The family motto was :

Boy ne suis.

Prince ne puis:

Je suis le syre de Coucy.

The Coucy hère referred to was Enguerrand de Coucy. The battle was won by the bravery of the French knights and the professional skill of the La/naquenets {Landa KnecMa)^ Gterman infantry in the pay of France.

591. De carnage fumants, in prose fumant de eamaoe; fumcmts is hère used as an adjective. Consult the grammar on the use of the présent participle.

611. 8erait-ll. Cf. notes, lines 509 and 510, for the use of the conditional. Voi, without the s (vois) y to satisfy the eye in rhyming with moi.

629. Heureuse, fortwutU, in so far as it fumishes the desired proof.

645. 8ou8 les lois, i^e^Jiving under the l(MV8=rule (of Orosmcme).

649. The words of the hoary-headed father and former king are éloquent and pathetic in a high degree, and the whole speech is justly admired.

' 663. Où son flanc mit au Jour, when she'gave ï}irth to,