[52.1] =vos.= The conventional form of address; see page 44, note 2. [52.2] =¿Cómo si sabemos?= 'What do you mean by asking if we know?' See page 51, note 2. [52.3] =vosotros... vos.= An illustration of the distinction between the two pronouns; =vosotros=, the real plural, refers to the company attacking, while =vos=, the artificial plural, refers to the captain; for the singular form =espada=, see page 4, note 3. [52.4] =hará que se os trate= 'he will have you treated.' =Hacer= followed by =que= and the subjunctive, meaning literally 'make that,' 'bring it about that,' is translated like =hacer= with the infinitive; =que= is suppressed. [53.1] =No he librado de mala= 'I've had a narrow escape.' =Librarse de buena= means 'escape from danger.' The omission of the reflexive makes the expression briefer and more forceful. For the feminine =mala= (originally followed, perhaps, by =ventura=), see page 32, note 3. [53.2] =Agradeceros.= Supply some verb such as =puedo= before the infinitive; the construction is permissible in English in certain cases; it makes it appear that the infinitive replaces the indicative. The statement thereby seems less personal. [55.1] =hay para.= See vocabulary under =haber= (=hay=). [55.2] =¡Que una dama se vea!= 'To think that a lady should see herself!' Another elliptical sentence dependent upon some such expression as =es posible=. [56.1] =hasta emplearlo yo= 'until I employed him.' Note that =emplear= is governed by =hasta= and that =yo= is its subject. [56.2] =Triste de.= See page 48, note 1. [56.3] =ser llegado.= A relic of the auxiliary =ser= with intransitive verbs of motion. This construction is common in Old Spanish, rare in Cervantes, and almost non-existent now. A few survivals occur even in prose, and of such survivals =es llegado= is perhaps the most common. See Bello-Cuervo, § 1119. [56.4] =no sería= 'could not have been.' Conditional of probability in the past. [56.5] =la doña Sirena de mis veinte= 'the doña Sirena that I was at the age of twenty.' =Años= must be supplied, as is clear from the succeeding speeches. Colombina pretends to suppose that some other word (_e.g._ =amantes=) might be intended. [57.1] =creyera.= Imperfect subjunctive, substituted occasionally for the pluperfect when negation is strong. [59.1] =Con ser tal.= Equivalent to 'although' and a dependent clause. With the infinitive =con= denotes means, cause, condition, or concession. In translating we use sometimes the present participle, and sometimes a dependent clause. [59.2] =no anduviera= 'would not be.' When substituted for =ser=, =andar= usually implies continuance or permanence, and strengthens the statement. [59.3] =a no fiar tanto= 'if he did not rely so much.' =A= + infinitive is commonly equivalent to a conditional clause. [60.1] =Ya me iréis conociendo= 'you will learn to know me gradually.' See page 7, note 2. [61.1] =con ser= 'being.' See page 59, note 1.