*Isla de Francia*: Spanish form for the old French name of the island
Mauritius, to the east of Madagascar. It is now an English possession.
Pablo y Virginia: Paul and Virginia (cf. vocabulary under *Domingo*).
ESCENA SÉPTIMA
*qui pro quo*: French *quiproquo* 'misunderstanding' (by taking one person or thing for another); from medieval Latin *quid pro quod*, the blunder of using one grammatical form for another. Contrast English *quid pro quo* 'equivalent.'
*Dominus tecum*: medieval superstition required the pronouncing of a blessing when a person sneezed, because of a belief in the presence of a demon. The custom survives in many countries as a form of courtesy.
*Herodes el Ascalonita*: 'Herod of Askelon'; Bruno's mind, which works in a fashion similar to the working of Sancho's brain in Don Quixote, is searching for a case of extreme cruelty, and he here probably recalls the slaughter of the innocents at the command of Herod.
ACTO TERCERO, ESCENA TERCERA
*velis nolis* (Latin): 'willy-nilly.'
*no sea que salga: para que no sea que salga.*
*dispensa*: in this case, permission from the bishop or other dignitary to waive the formalities preceding a wedding in the Catholic church.