either a recognition of paternity (as in the sham birth whereby Hera
adopted Heracles) or may have been caused by the belief that the health
of the father at the time of the child's birth affected that of the
child. Either origin of the _Couvade_ is consistent with early beliefs
and customs.

EYEBRIGHT. This is a purely fanciful rendering of _Esclaire_.




Footnotes:


{1} Gaston Paris, in M. Bida's edition, p. xii. Paris, 1878. The
blending is not unknown in various countries. See note at end of
Translation.

{2} I know not if I unconsciously transferred this criticism from M.
Gaston Paris.

{3} "Love in Idleness." London, 1883, p. 169.

{4} Theocritus, x. 37.

{5} I have not thought it necessary to discuss the conjectures,--they
are no more,--about the Greek or Arabic origin of the cante-fable, about
the derivation of Aucassin's name, the supposed copying of _Floire et
Blancheflor_, the longitude and latitude of the land of Torelore, and so
forth. In truth "we are in Love's land to-day," where the ships sail