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[Footnote 110: #m'en défendre#, help it.]
[Footnote 111: #Qu' ... belle#, How beautiful. Though this use of
que is very common, it often puzzles beginners.]
[Footnote 112: #vienne la sentence#, let the sentence come.
Optative.]
[Footnote 113: #madrigaux#, pretty speeches; properly "madrigals,"
or love-songs, in the artificial pastoral manner. Originally a form of
musical composition.]