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virtute cujus ista stryga cum sua capella, seu in trivio vulgariter dicto la Grève, seu in insula exeunte in fluvio Sequanæ, juxta pointam jardini regalis, executatæ sint[105]!» Il remit son bonnet, et se rassit. «Eheu! soupira Gringoire navré, bassa latinitas[106]!» Un autre homme en robe noire se leva près de l'accusée. C'était son avocat. Les juges, à jeun, commencèrent à murmurer. «Avocat, soyez bref, dit le président. —Monsieur le président, répondit l'avocat, puisque la défenderesse a

cujus ista stryga cum sua capella, seu in trivio vulgariter dicto la Grève, seu in insula exeunte in fluvio Sequanæ, juxta pointam jardini regalis, executatæ sint 105 ! » 104F Il remit son bonnet, et se rassit. « Eheu ! soupira Gringoire navré, bassa latinitas106 ! » 105F 105 « C’est pourquoi, messieurs, en présence d’une stryge avérée, le crime étant patent, l’intention criminelle évidente, au nom de la sainte église Notre-Dame de Paris, qui est en saisine d’avoir haute et basse justice

Potter: She left Liverpool on June 13th 1783, with 33 sailors and a big cargo for trading with African chiefs: mainly coloured beads, razors and tea. On July 16th, a month later, she stopped at Cape Verde islands for water and fresh food. She arrived at Bassa Cove, on the west coast of Africa on August 18th. They stayed there for 7 months... Journalist: Gosh, that’s a long time! Mr Potter: Yes, trading with the African chiefs was very slow. Eventually the ship left Africa on March 25th 1784 with 330 slaves

(Cassandre, 1642–5; Cléopâtre, 1646–57; and the unfinished Faramond, 1661–70) mixed spectacular anachronism with opportunities for their heroes to achieve ‘sublime’ feats of courage and generosity. Madeleine de Scudéry (1608–1701: Ibrahim, ou l’Illustre Bassa, 1641; Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus, 1649–53; Clélie, histoire romaine, 1654–60) filled up to 15,000 pages with kidnappings, duels and battles but also found space for psychological reflections, most famously the ‘Carte du Tendre’, a map which guides