[2] In most editions we find "_et que tout le monde où serait cette monarchie florissante_," which has no meaning. The correct reading is "_et que tu me donnerais le monde où serait_," &c. [3] See 'Impromptu de Versailles,' Sc. i. [4] _Je suis bien tenté de te bâiller une quinte major._ Quinte major is a term of piquet. It is here employed figuratively. Compare its use in 'Les Fâcheux,' Act ii. Sc. ii. [5] This seems to be the meaning of "_Je dédonne au diable l'escarcelle, si vous l'aviez fait._" _Je dédonne au diable_ is apparently a euphemism for _Je donne au diable._ In French, compare _parbleu, corbleu_, &c., and _deuce, zounds, egad_, &c., in English. _Dédonne_ is not given by Littré. It occurs again in 'Le Médecin Volant,' Sc. x., but does not seem to have been employed elsewhere by Molière. [6] Compare Sc. iv. 'Le Mariage Forcé.' [7] DOC. 'Audi, quæso,' aurait dit Cicéron. BAR. Si ce rompt, si ce brise, &c. It seems necessary to ascribe the saying to Cæsar, rather than to Cicero, in order to render to some extent this fearful pun. [8] An enchanted dwarf in the old romance of 'Valentine and Orson,' who manufactured a wooden horse, which could go very fast "_Courir comme le cheval de Pacolet,_" remains as a proverb.