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why “des” does not become “de” in “il n’en donnait pas des témoignages moins éclatants”

  1. Yes

  2. Yes. Another way to phrase it might have been

les témoignages qu’il en donnait n’étaient pas moins éclatants

  1. Any adjective would work. Here’s another example

Son four chauffait mal, mais ne cuisait pas des pains moins délicieux

The sentence is not to be taken literally as a negation.

What is stated here is that Henri II was giving multiple striking evidences of its passion for Diane de Poitiers.

et il n’en donnait pas des témoignages moins éclatants

is close to:

et il n’en donnait pas moins des témoignages éclatants

and means:

et il donnait des témoignages (de sa passion) aussi éclatants (que vingt ans auparavant)

 

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What is the capital of Tunisia?