9. 2. OMBRES MYRTEUX, _shadows of the myrtles_. ÉLÉGIE. 8. VENDEMOIS, one of the old divisions of France, on the Loire. It was the birth-place of Ronsard. 10. REMORS; has here rather the sense of regret. 13. AGEZ, _agés_ the spelling _-ez_ for _-és_ was usual. 22. CHEF = _tête_. 23. DE RECHEF = _de nouveau_. 24. PERRUQUE = _chevelure_. 26. VERDS, _strong, supple_. 10. DIEU VOUS GARD. 7. GARD, the form of the present subjunctive regularly descended from the Latin subjunctive in verbs of the first conjugation. The ending _e_, added later, is due to analogy. 8. VISTES ARONDELLES, _vites_ (_rapides_) _hirondelles_. 10. TOURTRES = _tourterelles_. 12. VERDELETS, _verts_; such diminutives were quite in favor in the language of the time; cf. _rossignolet, nouvelet, fleurettes_. 15. BOUTONS JADIS COGNUS, etc., i.e. the hyacinth and the narcissus. 29. AU PRIX DE, _in comparison with_. 11. A UN AUBESPIN. 6. LAMBRUNCHE, _a wild vine_. 10. PERTUIS, _holes_. 12. AVETTES = _abeilles_. 30. RUER = _jeter_. 12. ÉLÉGIE CONTRE LES BÛCHERONS DE LA FORÊT DE GASTINE. Cf. the poem by Laprade, p. 192. Gastine is in Haut-Poitou, in the present department of Deux-Sèvres. 14. PERSÉ, _percé_. 15. MASTIN, _mâtin_. 21. PANS, used by Ronsard in the plural as if he thought them a kind of being, like Satyrs. 22. FANS, now written _faons_, but still pronounced as if spelled _fans_. 24. PREMIER, used adverbially. 26. ESTONNER in the older language expressed a physical shock; to _stun_. 28. NEUVAINE, composed of nine. TROPE, _troupe_; the nine muses. Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, and Euterpe the muse of music and lyric poetry. 13. 3. ALTEREZ, BRUSLEZ, ETHEREZ, see note on _agez_, 9, 13. 8. DORDONEENS, referring to the forest of Dordona, in Epirus, where oracles were rendered from oak trees. According to Greek traditions the first men lived on acorns and raw flesh. 16. ET QU'EN CHANGEANT DE FORME, etc., _and that it will change its form and put on a new one_. JOACHIM DU BELLAY. 1525-1560. After Ronsard the foremost poet of the Pleiad. He was of an illustrious family, but, cut off from a brilliant public career by ill health and deafness, he sought consolation in letters. He even preceded Ronsard in inaugurating the literary reform, issuing the manifesto of the new movement, his _Défense et Illustration de la langue française_, his collection of sonnets called _Olive_, and a _Recueil de poésies_, all in 1549. Shortly afterwards he accompanied his cousin, Cardinal du Bellay, to Rome; the admiration which the historic associations of the city excited in him and his disgust at the intrigues of the court and the corruptions of Italian life, mingled with homesickness for the pleasant sights and quiet air of his native Anjou, inspired the two collections of sonnets which are his best, the _Antiquités romaines_, translated by Spenser in 1591, and the _Regrets_.