[16] The "chariot of fire" in which Elijah was taken up into heaven. Cf. 2 Kings, ii. 11.
[17] The following pages are translated from the text as printed for the first time, from the Manuscript at the Bibliothèque Nationale, in an appendix to M. Brun's thesis on Cyrano Bergerac, 1893.
[18] "The serpent," as soon appears, is original sin, which
"Brought death into the world, and all our woe."
[19] Our author's treatment of "original sin" is, according to M. Brun, unprintable.
[20] Here the original text resumes, as found in all the editions, both French and English.