ESCENA SÉPTIMA
*qui pro quo*: French *quiproquo* 'misunderstanding' (by taking one person or thing for another); from medieval Latin *quid pro quod*, the blunder of using one grammatical form for another. Contrast English *quid pro quo* 'equivalent.'
*Dominus tecum*: medieval superstition required the pronouncing of a blessing when a person sneezed, because of a belief in the presence of a demon. The custom survives in many countries as a form of courtesy.
*Herodes el Ascalonita*: 'Herod of Askelon'; Bruno's mind, which works in a fashion similar to the working of Sancho's brain in Don Quixote, is searching for a case of extreme cruelty, and he here probably recalls the slaughter of the innocents at the command of Herod.