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Mewhere between Kor and Laputa. The custom of the _Couvade_ was dimly
known to the poet. The feigned lying-in of the father may have been
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 without wind or compass, like
the barques of the Phaeacians. Brunner and Suchier add nothi