538 More indirect flattery for Louis XIV.
539 Foi. See l. 266, N.
541 trop = "passing." For superlative use of si, cf. 1021.
545 frappe = "impresses."
546 nous = "us" [kings]. See App. I, Hiatus.
547 de = "out of," "among."
548 faire valoir, lit. = "to make to have its full value;" hence, "to set off." Tr. "to show off." Nous is indirect obj.—Intéressés, is the opposite of "disinterested."
549 Note that the French says: "there are none who do," instead of "there is none who does," a plural due to the plural denotation of en.
551 Et might well have preceded this second clause, which is parallel to that in l. 550.
553 ["While they are only] too ready . . ."