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1

Pourceaugnac equals pourceau, "a young pig," plus the local ending -gnac.

2

Compare the "royal cautery" in 'The Flying Doctor'.

3

Sbrigani and Nérine are merely the conventional rogues of the stage. Compare Mascarille, Scapin.

4

Compare act ii. scene xii.

5

The Neapolitans had no great reputation for sincerity.

6

Mode de la cour pour la campagne.

7

Consul in the south equalled échevin in the north. Both words are obsolete in this sense.