935 se resserre = "is wrung."
938 ne le connaître pas. This position of pas, after the infinitive, is elegant and emphatic.
946 croître is transitive only in poetry.
955 Suspendez = "A truce to. . . ."
956 puissent is so frequently used to express an exclamative wish, that it usually drops the que, which here however is retained.
962 encore, i.e., in addition to that fear.
992 riche is the subst.—Sous la loi goes closely after gémisse.
1008 For servir de, see l. 259, N.
1012 camp = "host."
1021 For the virtual superlative si sage, cf. l. 541.