Ah! que le ciel donne un beau jour! AUTRE MUSICIEN. Le rossignol, sous ces tendres feuillages, Ces doux ramages, Nous invite à l'amour. DEUXIÈME MENUET. TOUS DEUX ENSEMBLE. Vois, ma Climène, Vois, sous ce chêne S'entrebaiser ces oiseaux amoureux : Qui les gêne; De leurs doux feux Leur âme est pleine. Être comme eux. Six autres François viennent après, vêtus galamment à la poitevine, trois en hommes et trois en femmes, accompagnés de huit flûtes et de hautbois, et dansent les me nuets. SIXIÈME ENTRÉE. Tout cela finit par le mélange des trois nations, et les applaudissemens en danse et en musique de toute l'assistance, qui chante les deux vers qui suivent : Quels spectacles charmans! quels plaisirs goûtons-nous ? Les dieux mêmes, les dieux n'en ont point de plus doux. FIN DU BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME. 6 rente que ce M. J. 12-Je voudrais qu'il se connût mieux qu'il ne fait aux, &c. 18-Je me repais, &c. 21-Essuyer 25-Chatouillantes 31-Ce sont des douceurs exquises que des louanges éclairées 33-J'en demeure d'accord I-Avec les mains 7-Grand éclairé 26-Drôlerie seigneur SCENE II. 7-J'ai pensé ne mettre jamais II-Qu'on ne m'ait apporté 6 17-18-Indienne 10 10 12 12 222 31-Haut-de-chausses 31-Camisole 34-Galant 16-Abuse 17-En savent autant 9-Donner dans la bergerie 10-Affecté aux bergers 13-Passe, passe -Bien troussé 2-Dictons ACT II. SCENE I. 10-Se trémoussent bien 15-Pour tantôt 17-Céans He wont be long M. Jourdain is (as good as) a pretty little income to us I wish he understood a little more than he does about, &c. I am rather fond of distinction; lit., "I feed on." To have to put up with Tickling to one's vanity Enlightened phrases (i.e., intelligent) have an exquisite charm Granted! i.e., in hard cash Alluding to Count Dorante, who uses M. Jourdain's house for his own purposes. Trifle; bit of fun Which I thought I should Lever get into Till they have brought me Printed calico; chintz Tight-fitting vest Know just as much Who teaches me To introduce shepherds and shepherdesses A speciality of shepherds Well set; well arranged Skip about famously For some time this afternoon At my house (here, within) 7 94 Note That Molière has taken care to use none but the most correct fencing terms (as in the music and dancing lessons). We have rendered them in English fencing terms of that day when the modern term did not exactly correspond. 14 15 15 26-La révérence 4-L'épaule gauche 6-Touchez moi l'épée 7-Remettez-vous 15 8-Porter une botte 15 10-Effacer le corps 15-Pousser une botte 15 20-21-À donner et à ne 15 The salute Many editions give carrée instead of quartée. The latter is the correct reading. It means to turn the left shoulder slightly inwards. Squared renders it as nearly as possible Engage my sword in quarte and thrust from that position, i.e., without disengaging One, two; the order for To make a thrust To stand sideways so as to present as little surface as possible to the adversary's thrust Make your thrust from that position To make a thrust, same as above, "porter une botte" In hitting and not being hit oneself Courage. C. Corneille Cid., "Rodrigue, as-tu du cœur ?" haute- Is immeasurably superior to 12-En vouloir venir To wish to come to blows 17 This scene is imitated from a similar scene in Aristophanes' "Clouds." To my heart's content Confusion; corrupted from The sounds (of the voice) (Lat. voces) A great deal of this scene is imitated from a work of Cordemoy 66 Discours Physique de la Parole," dedicated to Louis XIV., which Molière here turns into ridicule. 21-Ah! la belle chose quelque chose 29-Vous faisiez la moue. II-Frôlée What a blessing to know something! As if you were making a face 25-Cela sera galant, That will be a delicate at oui. 24 10-Et me donnez Lightly grazed tention, won't it? Note the position of the pro as 24 19-Gentiment 25 noun before the verb, contrary to the general rule, which places the pron. after the verb in imperat. affirm. An exception is made when another imperative has preceded Prettily; neatly. The contracted form "gentiment" has entirely superseded the more natural form, gentillement 10-Tout du premier At the first attempt coup 25 SCENE VII. Seize SCENE VIII. 28-Après votre habit About to work at your coat NOTE.-Observe that the "tailor" of those days supplied stockings and shoes, Il as cloth clothes, and wig and feathers. |