Scène IX
21. maudit soit le duché de Courlande. He says this because his political schemes interfere with his love for Adrienne.
[74], 16. Encore un: ‘One more’ (who is interested).
[75], 4. Acomat: the grand vizir in Bajazet.
4. mon bon: ‘my good fellow.’
8. Je vous trouve plaisant: ‘You are ridiculous.’
23. Tu as beau faire: ‘It doesn’t make any difference what you do.’
[76], 1. palsambleu: (par le sang de Dieu) ‘by Jove!’
6. Bajazet: brother of the sultan.
10. “Écoutez, Bajazet,” etc.: Bajazet, Act II, Scene I.