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7-8. #que … el pie = que te ve colocar el pie orillas (a la orilla) de un precipicio.#

17. #al ser#, on becoming, when he became.

33-34. #para vivir … los tres = para que vivamos los tres con opulencia.#

48. #costara#, an example of the frequent use of the imperfect subjunctive for the conditional in this play.

57. #¿Qué habrá escrito…?# Note use of future to express conjecture. What can he have written…?

87. #Mira … dice#, see whether it says.

90. #en el encierro aquel = en aquel encierro.#

106-107. #ve a buscarme#; literally, go to find me; translate: come to me.