Corneille - Yavanika

214 Seyenteenth- andliightectttltCerLtury Frcncepush them bevond cxtrlordinar\ probabilitv bccause these ornamcnts thatthe poet adds out of his oun inr,ention are not absolutch necessarv, andit is better to dispense with therl conpletclr. than to aclorn his plav contrary to all nanner of probabilitr'. In orcler to pleasc accorcling to the rulesof his art he rnust confinc his action to unitv of tirue and of placc, andas that is an absolLrtc and indispcnsable necessitv. much more leeu:rv isperlnittcd to hirlt in these t$ o itcDrs than in that of enbellishnrent.It is so difficult to cltcounter, in ltiston or in thc iuragination of men,a great nunbcr of tlresc illustrio[s e\,cnts uorthy of tragedt, whoseresolrrtions arrd thcir execution can happen in the sarnc placc andon the sarrc dar, u'ithout cloing a little violcncc to thc usual orclerof things that I canrrot belio,c this sort of violeuce complctcll'condentnable proviclecl it docs uot skirt the iurpossiblc.'l hcre arc beautifulplots uhere onc carlot :rvoid it, and a scrupulous plavuright uilldcprive himsclf of an opportunitv for glon irncl the public of a great clealof satisfaction if hc does rot rnake bold to put therrr on thc stagc, forfcar of sceing hiruself forcccl to makc thcur nlove rrlorc quicklv than prol>abilitv permits hirn to. I lill, in ihis case, give hiur some advicc that heu'ill find salutary: It is that he shoul