548 faire valoir, lit. = "to make to have its full value;" hence, "to
set off." Tr. "to show off." _Nous_ is indirect obj.--_Intéressés_,
is the opposite of "disinterested."

549 Note that the French says: "there are none who _do_," instead of
"there is none who _does_," a plural due to the plural denotation of
_en_.

551 Et might well have preceded this second clause, which is parallel
to that in l. 550.

553 ["While they are only] too ready . . ."

553-554 Que l'injure échappe à ma vengeance plutôt qu'un si rare
bienfait [échappe] à ma reconnaissance.--L'injure = "wrong" here; often
= "insult."

555 Supply: "if this service went unrewarded." Cf. Verg. Aen. I, 48-49.

558 Que. See App. IV, ii. A.

563 Et = "Then."--_D'autant moins_ goes closely with following _que_.

569 Que. See App. IV, ii. C.

579 Conseils = "counsels," not "councils."

583-584 An instance of dramatic "irony," by which the poet makes words
to be spoken, of which the spectator already knows the untruth.