462 tandis que. See l. 69, N. _Tant que_ would have been more precise here. 465 est . . . à. The construction is _ad sensum_, as though _sembler_ had been used. 468 Note the use of aller as a pseudo-auxiliary. Cf. l. 155, N. 469 C'est trop peu d'une telle . . . The _de_ in such forms is due to false analogy with the construction in which an infinitive in apposition follows _c'est_, for which see l. 260, N. 477 Il fut. See App. II, ii. B. b. 478 This line, expressive of the multitude of the Jews, heightens the contrast with l. 480. 484 a dû. See l. 166, N. 485-87 I Sam. xv, 7-8: "And Saul smote the Amalekites . . . and he took Agag, the King of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword." 486 vils, a classical adjective = "valueless," "contemptible." Cf. Merch. of Ven. ii., 4: "'tis vile, unless it may be quaintly ordered." The flocks and herds have no value, are contemptible, as adversaries; hence, = "helpless." Cf. l. 522. 493 couleurs, now familiarly used for "false representations." _J'armai_, cf. l. 171. 494 J'interessai . . . etc. "I showed him his glory at stake." Note the tense of _trembla_: = "till he trembled." See App. II, ii. B. a. 502 Cf. Gen. xvi., 12; "his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him." 504 Note Haman's concluding appeal to the greed of human nature. He is a crafty counsellor, as unscrupulous as he is clever. 511 For enfin, see l. 160; for the Latin construction of _le trépas différé_, see l. 139. 519-520 There is here a slight confusion in construction. If a comma preceded _terrible_, _souvent_ would then be regularly dependent on _combien_. But there is no authority for this punctuation, and we must supply a repeated _combien_, thus: _tu sais combien terrible . . . [il est it combien] souvent, etc. 521 à cannot be consequent to _trop_, which always takes _pour_. Tr. "in tormenting me." 523 Que. See App. IV, ii. A. 527 The imperfect for the conditional past, for greater vividness. Cf. "One moment more and he was a dead man" = he would have been . . . 529 veux bien. See l. 232, N. It is condescension on the king's part to make a confession at all. 530. Note that the king views himself as the father of his people: a piece of flattery on Racine's part towards Louis XIV. 533 succès, conformably with its derivation, is here without the usual favorable connotation. Cf. "luck" = "good luck."--_Fureur_ expresses aggressive madness (cf. _ira furor brevis est_), which the king assumes could alone prompt such an attempt. 538 More indirect flattery for Louis XIV. 539 Foi. See l. 266, N. 541 trop = "passing." For superlative use of _si_, cf. 1021. 545 frappe = "impresses." 546 nous = "us" [kings]. See App. I, Hiatus. 547 de = "out of," "among."