Note 4 — III THE CAPTAIN
Reading edition
Mondor’s diction in these performances in Paris was an extraordinary mixture of French, Italian and Spanish, which it is only possible to appreciate by a glimpse at the original:
“Rodomont. Cavallières, mousquetadères, bombardas, canones, morions, corseletes! Aqui, veillaco!... Son il Capitanio Rodomonté, la bravura, la valore de todo el mondo; la mia spada s’est rendue triomphante del toto universo.
“Tabarin. Il est vray, par ma foy; il n’y a personne qui joue mieux de l’espée à deux jambes que luy.
“Rodomont. Que fasto en sta casa, Tabarin? Que fasto veillaco? Io te quero ablar.... Aqui, veillacon? Aqui, poerco? Io te quero matar, eres moerto!”