263 Note that adjectives at the end of the line are strongly emphatic.
266 Foi means: 1. "faith," l. 256; 2. "loyalty," l. 375; 3. "truth," as here; 4. "promise," l. 1152. If the Jews were annihilated, the Saviour promised by God to the seed of Abraham could not be born to them.
277 où, frequently used for the dat. of relative pron. referring to things.
299 Il fut is elegant for il y eut. Cf. l. 477. For the tense, see App. II, ii. B. b.
309 Arracher is "to snatch away," "to pull off" or "up;" déchirer is "to tear into pieces."
332 Note that autrui can never be nominative.
333 Que. See App. IV, 1. A.
347 Ni is almost always followed by ne without pas, because ne is only attended by its intensifying particle pas when used as the sole negative in the clause, without any accompanying rien, jamais, aucun, etc. Here, therefore, there should be no pas. Its introduction creates a sort of anacoluthon, and throws great stress on the negative.
364 When Pharaoh's host was swallowed up by the Red Sea.
367 paille légère = "chaff."