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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.