Monsieur De Pourceaugnac

10

Take it, take it. Sir; it will do you no harm, &c.

11

See act i, scene iii.

12

Somerset dialect is employed here.

13

Lowland Scotch is employed here.

14

Compare act i. scene v.

15

The French forms have been retained for the sake of the rhyme.

16

Bigamists were really put to death.

17

Molière seems to have had a grudge against Limoges. Compare act i. scene i.

18

Noblemen were beheaded.