What is a ‘billets-doux’ in Engllish?
Les Deux Billets in his pocket. Scapin pulls out the lottery ticket, and Argentine snatches it. Argentine and Arlequin are now together and very wealthy. Les Deux Billets Les Deux Billets () is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. It was first performed by the Comédie Italienne in 1779. "Les Deux Billets" is the first of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlequin, his wife Argentine, and later, their children. The other two plays in the series are "Le Bon Ménage" and "Le Bon Père". The play opens with Arlequin reading a love letter
Megas doux is usually considered to have been the first to hold the title, being raised to it in 1092, when he was tasked with suppressing the Turkish emir Tzachas. There is however a document dated to December 1085, where a monk Niketas signs as supervisor of the estates of an unnamed "megas doux". The office of ""doux" [commander] of the fleet" (, "doux tou stolou"), with similar responsibilities and hence perhaps a precursor of the office of "megas doux", is also mentioned at the time, being given to Manuel Boutoumites and in 1090 to Constantine Dalassenos. John Doukas, the first known