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The Wife and Ingenious
COMPANION*
ENGLISH:
COLLECTION
OF THE
w
T,
Illuftrious PERSONS,
BOTH
Ancient and Modern ;
CONTAINING
Their wife Sayings, noble Sentiments, witty Repar
tees, Jefts and pleafant Stories.
CALCULATED
For the Improvement and Pleafure of the
ajid Foreigners.
By Mr. Boyer, Author of the Royal Dictionary.
Omne tttlit HunZtum qui mifcuit ntile Dtilci. Horitt.
London, Printed by G-C. forT/jo. Nswborovgb, at the GcUen
ball in St. Pauls Church-yard, and J. Nicbolfin at the King
Armes in Little Britain. 1 700.
COMPAGNON
Sage & Ingenieux,
jfNGLOK & FRANCOIS.
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Rccucil dc L'E SPRIT,
DBS
PERSONNES Illuftres,
T A N T
Ancicnnes que Modernes :
CONTENANT
Leurs Sentences, Penfees nobles, genereux
Sentimens, Reparties fines, Bons Mots &
Contes plaifans.
COMPOSE
Pour FUtilite & le Plaifir des Anglvis 8c des
Etrangers.
Par Mr. Boyer, Autheur du DiAionnaire Royal An-
glois 8c Fr&tfois.
Omne tulit VHnttam cpti mifcuit Htih dulci. Horat.
A Londres* Chez Tho, Ncwborougb a la boule d'Or, au Cime-
tiere de S. Paul; EC Join NicbolJonmK. Armcs du Roy, dans
la petite Bretagne, 1700.
A Prefatory *
INTRODUCTION]
CONCERNING
The Excellency.! Nature and Ufe of wi
Sayings witty Repartees, Jells, ana
pleafant Storks.
SEntences, witty Repartees and Jefts, have
ever been efteem'd by all civilized Nati-
ons : The ancient Greeks and Romavs have
fhewn what account they made of them,
by their care of Collecting and Quoting them.
Ju/iu* Cefar made a Collection of the Jefts of
his Contemporaries ; the famous Hiftorian P/#-
tArch is very exaft in recording all thofe of the
illuftrious Men of whom he writes the Lives :
Wherein he has been imitated by Diogenes
Laertiut, in his lives of the Philofophers ; and
among the Moderns, my Lord Bacon, Gttichar-
din, and feveral others have enrich'd their
Writings with them.
T.hele Teftimonies carry fo much weight |
with them, that we cannot but join our Appro-
INTRO- 1
INTRODUCTION
En forme de
p R E F A c E.
TOUCHANT
'Excellence, la Nature, & RJfagc des
Sentences, Repartks fines, Bons Mots,
& Contes Plaifans.
LES Sentences, les Reparties fines, &Ies
Bons Mots ont toujours etc eftimez de
toutes les Nations policees : Les anciens
Grecs 8c Romaics ont fait voir ie cas
qu'ils en faifbient, par le fbin qu'ils ont eu de
les recueillir & de les citer. Jules Cefar fit un
Recueil des Bons Monts de fqs Contemporains;
le celebre Hiftorien Plutarque ell fort exal a
rapporter tous ceux des Hommes illuftres dont
ilecrit JesVies; en qoi il a ^tc imite parD/o-
gene La'e'rce dans fes Vies des Philofbphes ; & par-
mi les Modernes mylord Bacox, GuicfjArchin, 8r
plufieurs autres en ont enrich! leurs Ecrits.
Ces Temoignages font d'un fi grand Poids,
que nous ne faurions' nous difpenfer de joindre
A j batioQ
The 1NTRODVC Tl ON.
bation with that of fb many illuftrious Perfbns :
The only Queftion is how to make a good Choice,
and not confound true Wit and Senfe with a-
bundance of low Thoughts, and dull, and vul-
gar Jefts which are impofed upon the World ;
and this I have propofed to do in the following
Collection.
The Ancients under the names of Apoph-
thegms, comprehended what we call wife Say-
jngs, generous and noble Sentiments, Jefts and
witty Repartees : However, according to our
Notions, the Apophthegm thus differs from a
Jeft or Repartee, that the firft is generally
Grave and Inftru&ive ; whereas Jefts and Re-
partees inftruct us and make us merry at
once ; nay, fbmetimes thcfe are meerly diverting,
and fbmetimes (harp and Satirical.
The French call Eons Mots all thofe witty Say-
ings and ingenious Replies whick are the refult
of a true Judgment, and of a happy and quick
Imagination.
Now the firft and moft certain Rule to know
a true Jeft from a falfe Thought, is that it may
be traniQated into another Language, without
lofing any thing of its Senfe and Pleafantnefs ;
for then it is certain that it runs upon the Thing
exprefled in it, and not upon a Pun or Quibble.
L'lN T RODVCT ION.
n6tre approbation .i celle de tanc d'illuftres Per-
fbnnes : II s'agit feulcment de fa ire un bon choix,
& de ne pas confondre 1'Efprit & le bon Sens avec
quantite de Pen fees bafles, & de Plarfanteries
froides & vulgaires qui fe debitent dans le monde,
& c'eft ce que je me fuis propofc de faire dans
ce Recueil.
Les Anciens fbus le nom ^A^Megmes com-
prenoient ce que nous appellons Sentences, Senti-
mens nobles & genereux, Bons Mots, & Repar-
ties fines: Cependant, felon nos Tde*es, TApo-
phthegme difere d'un Bon Mot, ou d'une Re-
partie, en ce que le premier efl ordinairement
grave & inftructif, au lieu que les Bons Mots
Be les Reparties nous inftruifent Sc nous rejouitfent
en meme terns j qiielquefois meme ceux-ci font
purement divertiiiants, 8c quelquefois piquans
& fatiriqucs.
Les Fr*fois appellent Eons Mots, toutes ces
Sentences 8c Reparties ingenieufes qui partent
d'un bon Jugement & d'une Imagination
prompte &: heureule.
La premiere & la plus certaino Regie pour
diftinguer un veritable Bon Mot d'avcc une
faufTe Penfce, eft qu'il puiife ctre traduit en une
autre Langue, fans rien perdre de fa jufteile &:
de fon agrement ; car alors il eft certain qu'il
roulc fur la chofe qui y eft exprimee, 8c hon
pas fur une Pointe, ou fur une Rencontre.
Puns
The INTRODUCTION;
Pans and Quibbles are what we call playing up-
on Words, or Equivocations ; they are known
by this,that being turned into another Language,
they loofe that refemblance of Sound wherein
their fubtilty confifts ; and as they affeft the Ear
more than the Mind, we muft take care not to
miflake them for true Jefts. The pretended
Beauty of Equivocations is only owing to Chance,
which makes one and the fame Word t@ figuify
feveral Things, and therefore their double Ap-
plication is generally forc'd ; but fuppote it were
true, a Jeft is frill imperfeft when it runs upon
the Expreffion, and not upon the Thought. I
confefs an Equivocation may be allowed of when
it offers two different Ideas to our Mind, one of
which is in a Proper, and and the other in a Fi-
gurative Senfe. But as for thofe miferable Puns
and Quibbles, which are nothing but an empty
gingle of Words, the French have branded them
with the infamous Name of Turlupinades ; and
they ought to be banifhed the Converfation of
polite and well-bred Perfbns, as only fit to en-
certain the vulgar Sort,
Jefts and wity Repartees have ever been more
frequent among the ancient Grecians than any o-
ther Nations : Which may be afcribed, firft to
the quicknefs of their Wit, their deep Learn ing,
and good Education ; fecondly, to the conftitu-
L'INTRODVCTIO N.
Les Point es 8c les Rencontres font ce qif on ap-
pelle desjeux de Mots ou des Equivoques ; on les
connoit par ceci, c'eft qu'etant traduites en une
autre Langue, elles perdcnt cette refTemblance
de ion dans laquelle leur fubtilir confifte ; <8t
comme elles regardent plus 1'Oreille que PEfprit,
nous devons prendre garde de ne pas les confon-
dre avec les veritdles Eons Mots. La pretendue
beaute des Equivoques n'eft qu'un effet du ha*
zard, qui fait qu'un meme Mot figrrifie plu-
fieurs chofes ; ainfi leur double application eft
prelcpe toujours forcee; mais fuppof^ qu'elle
fut jufte, le Bon Mot eft imparfait lors qu'il ne
roule que fur 1'Expreffion, 8c non par fur la
Penfee. J'avoue que TEquivoque peut etre fup-
portable lors qu'elle offre deux Idces differentes
a notre Efprit, dont Tune eft dans le (ens propre
&: 1'autre dans le fens Fignre: Mais pour ce
qui eft de ces mechantes Fointes, qui ne font
qu'un vain fbn de Mots, les Francou les ont no-
t^es d'infamie fbus le nom de Turlupivades, &
elles doivent ctre bannies de la Converfation
des gens polis & bien elevez, n'^tant propres
qu'a divertir le Vulgaire.
Les Bons Mots 8c les Reparties fines ont &e
plus frequentes parmi les anciens Grecs que
parmi les autres Peuples : Ce que Ton peut at-
tribuer, premierement a la vivacit^ de leur Efprit,
a leur profond ffavoir, 8c a leur bonne Educa-
tion;
The INTRO DVC TIO ft.
tion of their Government ; for living for the
moft part in Common-wealths, they were not
conftrained in their Fancy by the Refpecl due to
Sovereigns, and thole whom they make fharers
of their Authority in Monarchical States ; where-
in the different degrees eftablifh'd among Men,
do often keep Inferiours from (peaking their
Thoughts about the Ridiculum of thofe above
them.
We may draw a double advantage from true
for befides that they fervc to make us mer-
ry, and revive now and then a fainting Conver-
fation : Several of them are full of good and
wholefom Inftruftions, applicable to the different
Exigencies of Life, both in a publick and pri-
vate Fortune.
As for Stories they differ from Jefts, in that
they exprefs their Subject in its full Latitude, and
generally leave nothing to be gueft at, as Jefts
do ; they are (bmetimes divertingly InftruUve ;
but their chief aim is to make the Hearers merry
by relating fbmetimes a concurrence of Comical
Accidents ; fbmetimes a piece of Simplicity or
Ignorance, and fometimes Malicious Tricks
that have been put upon any one, to make
Sport for others : In all thefe we muft ufe the
fame Caution as we have mentioned about
Jefts, that is, we muft take care not to confound
good Stories with maey pieces of lowBuffbonry,
tion
tion ; fecondement : Car la plufpart vivant dans
des Republipues leur Efprit n'etoit pas retenu
par le refpeft deu aux Souverains, & a ceux aux
quels ils font part de leur Autorite dans les
Etats Monarchiques ; ou les divers degrez qu'on
y a etablis parmi les Hommes, empechent fbu-
vent les inferieui s de dire ce qu'il penfent fur le
Ridicule de ceux qui font au deffus d'-eux.
On peut tirer un double avantage des Bons
Mots, car outre qu'ils fervent a nous divertir,
& a ranimer une Converfation languifiantc, il
y en a plufieurs qui font remplis de belles In-
ftruclions, qu'on peut appliquer aux differents
Etats dp la Vie, dans une Fortune publique ou
privee.
Pour ce qui eft des Cotttes, ils different des
Eons Mots en ce qu'ils expofent leur fujet dans
toute fbn ^tendue, & ne laifTent d'ordinaire
rien a deviner comme font les Bo* s Mots. Ils
inftruifent quelquefois en divertiirant, raais leur
principal but neft que de rejouir leurs Audi-
teurs en rapportant tantQt quelque rencontre
d'Accidens plaifans ; tantot quelque naivete ou
quelque Ignorance ; & quelquetbis des Tours
malicieux, dont on s'efl fervi pour divertir les
autres aux dcpens de quelqu'un. Dans les
Contes il faut ufer de la meme precaution
dont nous avons parle touchant ies Bons Mots,
which
The INTROVV CTIO N.
which tickle mean and vulgar Ears by their
fmutinefs, dawb'd over with paltry Equivoca-
tions.
Now the ufe a Gentleman ought to make oj
Jefts and Stories is, never to quote them bui
when they come pat and a-propos to the Subject
and before thofe who are difpofed to hear anc
be merry with them ; without courting the oc-
cafion of being thought a pleafant and jocoft
Man, for Perlons of a nice difcernment will
prefently take notice of thofe naufcous Affecta-
tions: And as the judicious LaBruyere has it:
That Man who endeavours to make us Merry, feldon
makes bimfelf to be efteemd.
We muft alfb obferve never to ufher in Jefts
or Stories with formal Commendations, whict
will prevent our hearers from being agreeably
iurpriz'd ; for 'tis by this furprife that the Plea-
fure they give is principally excited. Likewift
when we begin to tell them, we muft not be-
gin to laugh our felves, if we intend to make
the Company laugh ; for thofe who promifec
us Mirth before-hand , are feldom fo good a;
their Words; and how filly and ridiculous doe!
that Man look who laughs by himfelf, at i
cold and thread-bare Jelt, whilft the reft car
hardly force a Smile to keep him in Counte
c'di
L'INTROVVCTION.
c'eft d dire, nous devons avoir fbin de ne pas
confondre les bons Contes, avec plufieurs Bouf-
fonneries bafles, qui chatouillent les Oreilles du
Peuple par leurs ordures, cachees fous de me-
chantes Equivoques.
L'Ufage qu'un honnete homme doit faire des
Bons Mots 8c des Contes, eft de ne les citer que
lors qu'il viennent a propos & naturellement au
fujet, &; en prefence de ceux qui font difpofez a
les entendre & a s'en divertir ; fans rechercher
1'occafion de feire le plaifant & l'enjou, car les
gens d'un difcernement delicat connoifTent d'a-
bord ces fortes d'Affoftations ; & felon le judi-
cieux Mr. dc la Uruyert : II tteft p*s ordintirt
que cclui c^ui fait rire y fe fa Iff
II faut? aufli obferver de ne pas introduire
les Contes 8c les Bons Mots par des loiianges
ctudiees, qui empechent nos Auditeurs d'etre a-
gr^ablement furpris ; parce que c'ell par cette
furprife que le plaifir qu'ils cxcitent eft princi-
palement caufe II faut encore que lors que
nous les racontons nous n'en rions pas les pre-
miers, fi nous voulons faire rire laCompagnie;
Car il arrive fbuvent que ceux qui nous oat allur6
qu'ils vont nous faire rire, ne tiennent pas leurs
promelles; 8c rien n'eft fi fot ni fi ridicule
qu'un homme qui rit feul d'une Penfee froidc
&- ufee, pendant que les autres t.lchent en vain
nance
The INTRODUCTION.
nance ? Laftly, we muft avoid telling a Jeft or
Story feveral times over to the lame Perfbns,
an Impertinence which makes the Converfation
of old People Ib very diftateful.
Before I make an end of this Introduction, ]
fhall obviate an Objedion which fbme fuperci-
lious Criticks will be apt to make againft this
Work, viz. That moft of thefe Apophthegms.
Jefts, Repartees and Stories, are already known
to Perfbns of good Education, and to Men oi
Learning : To which I anfwer, That granting
this to be true, yet 'tis hoped they may be glad
to find them here again, juft as we are pleafed
to hear a fine Tune over and over, provided it
be well Sung : But befides, this Colle6lion is fa
vaftly Rich, that it is hard, if not impoflible 3
for any fingle Reader to know all it contains^
and not be either inftru&ed or diverted by fbme-
thing that will be new to him. To which I
muft add, That my chief Defign in this Colledi-
on is to facilitate the Learning of the French
Tongue to the Englifb ; and that of the Englifo
Language to Foreigners, and upon that fcore
I have taken particular care to make both
Languages anfwer one another, as near as theii
different Idioms would allow.
L'lNTRODVCTlON.
de Iburire pour Fempccher de perdrc Contenance.
Enfin, il faut viter 1'inconvenicnt de dire un
Conte ou un Bon Mot plufieurs fbis aux mcmes
Perfonnes, ce qui eft un Ridicule qui rend la
Converfation des vieilles gens fi defagreable.
Avant que dc finir cette Introdu&ion, je pre-
viendrai une Objection que quelques Critiques
de mauvaile humeur pourront faire centre e&
Ouvrage, qui eft, que la plufpart de ces Jpoph-
thegmes, Eons Mots, Rcparties 8c Contes font deja
feus par les Perfonnes bien elevces, & par les
gens de Lettres; aquoi jerepons, que quand
cela feroit, on efpere ppurtant qu'ils feront bien-
aile de les retrouver ici, de meme qu 7 on entend
avec plaifir un bcl Air, quoi qu'on Tait deja en-
tendu, pouryeu qu^il ibit bien chant. Dailleurs
ce Recueii eft fi grand &: fi richc, qu'il eft diffi-
cile, pour nc pas dire impcflible qu'un meme
Lefteur fache tout ce qu'il concient, 8c qu'il ne
fbit inftruit ou diverti par quelque chofe qui aura
pour lui la grace dc la nouveaute. A quoi je dois
ajouter que mon deiTein principal dans ce Recueii
eftde rendre laLangue Franfoife facile a appren-
dre aux Anglois, fyVAngloife aux Etrangers ; 8c
c'eft pour cela que je me fuis attache avec loin,
a faire repondre ces deux Langues Tune a Tautre
autant que leurs differens Idiomes 1'ont pu per-
mettre.
THE
(O
. THE
Apophthegms
O F T HE
ANCIENTS,
BEING
Their wife Sayings, fine Thoughts, no-
ble Sentiments, Jcfts and witty Re-
partees, tec .
A
I.
Rich Man of Athens defired the Philofopher
Ariftipptft to tell him how much he muft give
him to inftrud his Son : Ariftippfts ask'd him
a Thoufend Drachms. How! faid the A-
tbcnian, I could purchafe a Slave for that Money : Do
fa) anfwer'd Ari^us y and tbott [halt have two; giving
him to under fbnd, that his Son would have the Vices
of a Slave., if hq did not bellow a liberal Education
upon him,
LE*
L E S
Apophthegmes
D E S
A N C I E N &
Ceft a dire
Leurs Sentences, belles Penfees, nobles
Sentimens, bons Mots, &: Reparties
fines,
IN Riche Atbenien pria le Philoibphe Ariftitfe
de lui dire ce qu'il defiroit pour inftruire Kn
U 1
Fils: Ariftifpe lui demanda mille Drachmes.
Comment^ dit VAtbenien, j'acheterois un
Efclave de cet Argent la ; Acbttet en un, lui repondic
Ariftrtpe, & tu en auras deux ; lui failant entendre aue
fon Fils auroit les defauts d'un Efclave, s'il nc faiioit
pas la depenfen&eflaire pour le bien clever,
^ The
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
The famous Philofbpher Anaelarju was a Scythian by
Birth,, and a Grecian who had no other Merit than
that of being born in Greece, looking upon him with
Envy, reproached him with the Barbaroufnefs of his
Country 5 Iconfefi, reply 'd Anacharfis, that my Count ry is
a Shame to tne ; but tboit art the Shame of thy Country.
This Saying may be very well applied to thofe (hallow
Wits who defpife Strangers, meerly becaufe they are
Strangers ; not confidering that Learning, Wit and
Merit, are of all Countries.
When 7heopompas was King of Sparta, one was fay-
ing in his Prefence, that ir now went well with their
City, becaufe their King had learn'd how to Govern :
To which the King very prudently Replied, That it
rather came to paj$, becaufe their People had learn d to Obey,
intimating that Popular Cities are rnoit injurious to
themlelves, by their factious Dilobedience ; which
while they are addi&ed to, they are not eafily well go-
verned by the beft of Magiftrates,
4
Dionyfitts the elder, Tyrant of Sjrawfe, reproving his
Son, lor that he had forcibly violated the Chaftity of
one of the Citizens Wives, asked him amongft other
Things, if he had ever heard that any fuch thing had
been done by him ; No, faid tli3 Son, but that -was be-
caufe you was not Son to a King: Neither, laid Dionyjius,
will you ever be a Father to onc y unlefs you give over fuch
Pranks as tbefe. The event proved the truth of what he
laid; for when this young Man fucceeded his Father,
Le
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux.
Le fameux Philofbphe Anacharfis etoit Scythe, & un
Grec qui n'avoit d'autre Merite que d'etre ne en Grece y
le regardant avec envio, lui reprochoit la barbaric de
fbnPai's: J'avoue, lui repliqua Anacbarfis 3 quemonPays
me fait bonte, man tufais bonte a ton Pays. Ce mot pent
etre fort bien applique a ces petits Efprits qui mepri-
fent les Etrangers feulement parce qu'ils font Etrangers,
fans confiderer que le Ssavoir, 1'Elprit c le Merite Tone
de tout Pays.
I
Lors que Thcofomfut etoit Roy de Sparte, quelqu'un die
en la prefence, que leurs Ville etoit floriffantej parcc
que leurs Rois avoient appris SL gouverner, a quoi le
Roy repondit fort fagement, Que cela venoit plutot de c*
qtte ItPeupIe avoit apprie A obetr; donnant a entendre que
les Villes ou la Populace a du credit, fe font beaucoup
de tort par leurs Factions 8c leur delbbeiflancej & qu'a-
lors il eit difficile, meme aux meilleurs Magiftrats d
les bien gouverner.
4
Denys le vieux, Tyran de Syracufe, grondant {on Fill
de ce qu'il avoit yiolc la Chaftet6 de la Femme d'un
des BourgeoiSj lui demanda entr'autres choles, s'il avoit
jamais entendu dire, qu'il eut fait de pareilles AAions ;
Non, lui dit le Fils, tnais c'efl farce que vous n'etiez, paf
Fils de Roy : Tu nen [eras jamais Pere, lui dit Denys, fi ttt
fats flue Je cet Folies. L'evenement juftina la verite de
ce qu'il difbit ; car ce jeune Homme ayant fuccedc
4 fon Pere, il fut chaffe du Royaume de Sjracuje i
tt i bf
5 The Wife and Ingenious C
he was expelled the Kingdom of Syracuse for his ill
Behaviour and manner of Life.
5
King Antigonus came to vifit Antagoras a learned
Man, whom he found in his Tent bufied in the Cook-
ing of Congers., Do you think, laid Antigonus, that Ho-
mer at fucb time as be "wrote the glorious Actions of Aga-
memnon was boiling of Congers ? And do you think, laid
the other, that Agamemnon when he did thofe great
Affions, was wont to concern himfelf whether any Man in
Iff Camp boiled Congers or not 3
6
Socrates was asked, why he endured his Wifes Brawl-
ing ; lays he, Why do you differ your Geefe-to gaggle ?
beeaufe, anfwered one, they lay us Eggs] and my Wife
me Children t laid he.
7
Alettes the famous Painter, drew the Pi&ure of Alex-
ander the Great on Horfe-back, and prelented it to
him ; but Alexander not praifmg it as 16 excellent a
Piece deferved, ApeKes defired a living Horfe might
be brought, who leeing the Pi&ure, fell to pawing and
neighing, taking it to be a real one; whereupon Apelles
told him, his Horfe underfteod Painting better than him-
Virgil, the famous Poet, was much in favour thro'
his great Wit and Learning with Auguftta, inlbmuch
that he daily received his Bread from him 5 AugufttK
cauls
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingemeux. 6
caufe de fa mchante Conduite & de fa mauvaife
Vic.
5
Le Roy Antigontts alia voir Antagoras, Homme fa-
vant, lequel il trouva dans ft Tente occupe aappieter
des Congres; Croyezvous , lui die Antigonus, ^0'Homere
fit bouillir des Congres lors qu'il ecrivoit les glorieufes Attions
^'Agamemnon ? Et penfez, vow, lui dit 1'autre,, qut lors
^' Agamemnon faifcit ces belles Affions, il ft nnt en ftine
fiquele[uun Jans fon Camp faifoit bouillir des emigres on
non?
On demanda a Socrate pourquoy il enduroit les Cri-
ailleiies de fa Fernme^ & vous, ditil, Poui quoy fouf-
frei vous le bruit de vos Oyes ? Farce, repondit qucl-
qu'un^ quelles nous poxdent des Qeufs ; c^* bien, dit il_, &
ma Femme me fait des Enfant.
7
Apeties le fameux Peintre, fit le Portrait d'Alexandre
le Grand a Cheval, Sc le lui prefenu, mais comme A-
lexandre n-e loiioit pas affez un fi excellent Ouvrage.,
Apettes demanda qu'on fit venir un Cheval en Vie, Je-
quel a la veue du portrait fe mit a trepigner des Pieds,
& a hennir, le prenant pour une realitej furquoy A-
pelles, lui ditj que fon Che-ualientendoit mieitx en Peilrc
ue Itti.
Le fameux Pocte Virgfa s'ctoit fi bien acquis les bon-
nes Graces d'Augufte par (on Savoir & par Ton Elpi it,
qu'il en recevoit fon Pain ordinaire j Augitfte cou-
B ? one
7 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
one Day knowing his deep Difcretion, ask'd him pri-
vately, If be could guef what was bis Father; to which
he replied, Truly Sir, I do verily believe be was a Baker,
a Baker } and why fo ? fays Auguftus ; becaufe lays Virgil,
you always reward me with Bread) which Anfwer Ib
well pleated the Emperour, that he rewarded him af-
terwards with Money.
9
Alexander the Great, having defeated the Army of
Darius King of Perfia, Darius lued to him for Peace,
and proffered him one half of Apa, with ten thoufand
Talents. Parmenio, one of his Favourites, chann'd with
ib advantageous a Propolal, Sir, faid he to his Mafter,
I vow were I Alexander,, I would gladly accept thefe of-
fers ; and fo would I, anlwered Alexander, if 1 was
Parmenio.
10
The lame Alexander being at Delpbos, dragged the
Prieftefs of Apollo to the Temple^ in order to make her
confult the Oracle upon a forbidden Day: She having
refitted him in vain, cried out, Alexander thou art in-
vincible. I defire no other Oracle but this, reply 'd he.
II
Leo the Bi&antine, a Difciple of Plato, and a very
famous Philcfopher, going to meet Pbify King of Ma-
cedon, who came with a great Army againft his Coon-
try, told him, Sir, wby 4o you come to attack our City;
becaufe, laid Philip, 1 am in Love with her, and ant ccwe
to enjoy her. Ah! Sir, reply'd Leo, Lovers don't come
1o tbeir Miftreffes with hftruments of War, but of Mufick.
This agreeable and witty Repartee fo pleafed Philip
noiffant
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingeniettx.
noiffant la profondeur de fon jugement, lui demand*
un jour en particular, s'il pouvoit deviner ce epetitit fan
Pere ? Seigneur^ lui repli^ua-t-il^ je crois fermentent quit
etoit Boulenger $ Boulenger, & pourquoy cela, liu dit Au-
gufte j farce, die Virgile, e^ue vom me recompenfez, tcujours
en Pain. Cette R6ponle pliic fi fort a VEmpereur, que
dans la fuite il Ie recompenfa en Argent,,
9
Alexandre le Grand ayant remport^ la Vi&oire fur
rmee de Darius Roy de Perfe, celui-ci lui demanda
la Paix, fic lui offrit la moitic de YAfc 9 avec dix mille
Talents. Parmenion, un de fss Favoris, charme d'une
PrOpofition fi avantageufe,, Seigmur, dit-il a fon Mai-
tre, je votts protefte que fi j'etois Alexandre, j'accfpterors
ces offres awe joy e 5 & moy aufli, lui lepondit Alexandre 3
fij'etoit Parmenion.
10
I,e memzAlexanctre, etant a Dclphes, entraina U Pre-
trefle tfApdllon dans le Temple^ pour lui faire condilcer
1'Oracle en un jour deifendn ; Elle, s'ecriaj aprcs lui
avoir refifte en vain, Alexandre, tu es invincible. Je ne
veuK pointy dit-il_, d'autre Oracle <]ue celui-la.
ii
Leon le Bfcantin, Auditeur de Platon, & Philoibphe
fort fameux, etant all^ au devant de Philippe Roy de
Macedoinc qui venoit avec une grofle Arire^ attaquer la
Patrie, il lui dit, Seigwur, Pourepioy <vencz*'vow attayutr
notre Vilk i parce qtte fen fun amourtux, dit Philippe, en
raillant, & que je view four en jouir. Ah \ Sire t i eprit
Leon, les Amant ne vont potnt chez, leurs Mailnfles avec
des inftrument de Guerre > mais avec det inftrttwau de Mu-
B 4 that
9 The Wife and Ingenious
that he changed his Refblution, and leaving Byzantium
at liberty j paffed on to other Gonquefts.
One asked Pytbagoraf wh$ he had married his
Daughter to one of his Enemies , btcaufe, anfwered
that Philofbpher, I thought I could do him no greater in-
jury than give him a Wife.
'i
Diogenes feeing an ill Marks-man drawing his Bow s
he put himfelf juft before the Mirk^ and being asked
why he did fb, becaufe, laid he, he'll be fure not hit mt
there.
*4
Alexander going to fee Diogenes the Cynick, He found
him in a Field basking himfelf in the Sun; and accpft-
ing him, followed by all his Court, h faid to him,
I am Alexander the Great : And I, anfwered the Phi-
lofbpher, am Diogenes the Cynick. Alexander made
him feveral offers, and asked him what he defired of
him ; nothing, faid Diogenes, but only that you ftand
a little afide, and don't hinder the Sun to fliine upon
me. The King furprized with his Manners, cried out
Mere 1 not Alexander, I coull be Diogenes.
being Sick of a Feaver, one of his Friends
came to fee him, and as he came into his Room,, he
Ipied a handfbm Woman Slave, whom Pompey loved,
going out, he asked Pompey how it was with him, the
Feaver^ faid Pompey > left nte but juft mw : Very like, re-
ply 'd his Friend, for I ma her a going from you.
Le CompAgnon Stgt & Ingenleuy. i o
fyut. Cette agre'able & fubtile reponfe plut fi fort 4
Philippe qu'il changea de refolution, & laiflant Bizancc
en libert^ il paiTa a d'autres Conquetes.
ii
On demandoit a Pytbagore, pourquoy il avoit marie*
ft Fille a un de ies Ennemis, ce Philofophc icpondit,
que c'eftoit, farce <\u il croyoit e pouvoir lui fair e tin fltts
grand ntdl que de lui donner uns femme.
n
Diogene voyant un Homme que tiroic de TArc,, & qui
en tiroic fort mal, fe mit devant le but^ on luy deman-
da, pourquoy il s'en mettoit fi p:es, cV/, ipondit-i!,
afin tjutl ne me toucbe point.
14
Mexandre allant voir Diogene le Cynique^ il le trouva
dans un champ cxpoze au Spleilj & Tabordant fiiivi
de toute fa Cour, il luy dit, je fuis le grand Alexandre^
& moy, r^pondit le Philofbphe, je fiiis Diogene le Cyni-
que : Alexandre luy fit plufieurs oifres, & luy demanda
ce qu'il fouhaitoit de lui? rien autrechofe dit Diogene,
Ji-non e^ue tu te mettes un peu a c&te t parce que tu empecbes le
Soleil de donner fur moy. Le Roy furpris de ces Manieres,
ia^y?j rfetofs point Alexandre je voudrcu etre Diogene.
15
Pompt'e ^tant Malade de la Fievre, un de fes Amis le
vint voir, &: vit en entrant dans fa chambrc une belle
Eicalve, dont Pempee etoic amoureux, qui en Ibrtoit :
il demanda a Pcmpee comment il fe portoic^ la Fievre
vient de me quitter, lui dit Pompee, je Fai rcncontnc qui for-
toit de cbez was, lui dit ion Ami.
1 6 The
1 1 The Wife And Ingemott* Comf&nion.
16
The Emperour Auguftus endeavouring to find the
reafon of the great likenels which a young Grecian
bore to him, asked him whether his Mother was ever
at Rome : No, Sir, anfwered the Grecian, but my Father
bos many a time.
17
Ptfi/lrates, a Tyrant of Athens, having refolved to
marry a fecond Wife, his Children asked him whether
he did it out of any difcontent he had received from
them. On the contrary, anfwered he, lamfo wellpleajed
with you^and fnd you to be fuchfine Men, that I have a mind
to have other Children like you.
18
Wales the Mile/ian,onz of the Seven Wife-men ofGreece,
being asked what was the oldeft Thing ? He anfwered,,
God, becaufe he has been for ever; what was the band-
fomeft Thing ? he faid, the World; bscaufe it is the Work
of God; what the large fl Iking? Place; becaufe it
comprehends every thing befides ; what the moft con-
venient ? Hope ; becaule when all other Things are loft
that remains (till; what the ben Thing ? Virtue; for
without it nothing that is Good can be faid or done ;
what the yuickef} ? a Mans Thoughts ; becauie in one
Moment they run over all the Univerle ; what the
ftrongest ? Neccffttyi becaufe it furmounts all other Ac-
cidents; what the eajieft ? to give Coancel ; what the
hardep? to know ones felf; what the ivifcft Thing ?
Time ; becauie it brings all Things to pals.
1 6 L'Em-
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux
L'Empereur Augufte cherchant des Raifons de la
grande reffemblance qui eroit entre lui & un jeune
Homme Grec, lui demanda fi fa Mere avoic jamais etc
a Rome ? Non, Seigneur, lui repondit le Grec 3 mais won
Ptrey eft venit plu/teurs fois.
17
Pififtrate, Tyran ftAthencs, ayant refolu de fe rema-
rier, fes Enfans lui demanderent fi c'etoit a caufe de
quelque mecontentement qu'il cut receu d'eux. an con-
train, leur repondit-il, jefuis fi content devout, & je vous
trot/I've fi bonnetes Gens, yut je veux avoir encore efautres
Enfans qui vow rejjemblent.
18
Tbales Milefien, Tun des fept Sages de Grece, cam
interroge quelle ^coic la chofe la plus ancienne ? lepon-
dic que c'etoit Dieu^ parce qu'il a coujours etc; quelle
ecoit la choie la fltts belk ? il dit que c'6:oit le Monde ;
parce que c'eft I'ouvrage de Dieu? quelle etoit la chofe
la plus grande ? le lieu ; parce qu'il comprend touts
autre chofe ; quelle chofe etoit la $lus Commode ? I'Ef-
ferance j parce qu'apres avoir perdu tons les autres
biens, elle refte toujours ; quelle chofe etoit la Meil-
leure? la vertu\ parce que ians elle, on ne petu rien
dire., n'y rien faire de bon ; quelle chofe etoit la pluf
promte? Pefprit de I'bomnte', parce qu'en un moment il
parcourt tout 1'Univers ; quelle chofe etoit la plusfcrte ?
\s. Neceffite j parce qu'elle uirmonte tous les autres Ac-
cidens; quelle chofe etoit U plus facile? de Conner confeil ;
quelle chofe etoit la plus difficile Ue fe connoitrefoy meme^
quelle chofe etoit la plus Sage* le fewpj j re'pondit-il j parce
qu'il vient a bout de tout. 1 9 A
1 3 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
19
A certain Soldier came in a great Fright to Leonidaf
and told him, Captain, the Enemy are very near us,-
then we are very near them too, faid Leonidas. There
was another that came to tell him that the Enemy
were (b numerous that one could hardly fee the Sun
for the quantity of their Arrows; to whom he an
wered very pleafantly, will it not be a great Pleafure to
fgbt in the fade'?
20
Alexander the Great asked Dionides, a famous Pirate,
who was brought Prifoner to him, why he was fo
bold as to rob and plunder in his Seas, he anfwered,
that he did it for his Profit,, and as Alexander himfelf
was uled to do ; but becaufe I do it, added he, with one
fingle Gaily t 1 am called a Pirate: But yen Sir, Who do it
with a great Army are called a King. That bold Anf-
wer fb pleafed Alexander that he gave him his Liberty,
at that very inftant.
Darius King ofPerfia lent great Prefents to Epami-
ttondas, General of the Jbebans, with defign to tamper
with him: IfDariat, faid this great Captain to'thofe
that brought thofe Prefents to him, bat a wind to be
Friends iviib the The! Jans, be need not buy my Friendfnp ;
and if he has other Thoughts, he has not Riches enough to
corrupt me j and lb he fent them back.
Un
Le Compagnon Sage& Ingenieux, 14
19
Vn certain Soldat fort epouvante , fe prefenta de-
rant Leonidafj & luy dit, mon Capitaine les Ennemis
font fort prez de nous j & bien, nous fommes done auf-
fi tort pres d'eiiXj icpondit Leonidas. II y en cut un au-
tre qui luy rapporta que le nombre des Ennemis etoit
fi grand, qu'a grand peine pouvoit on voir le Soleil
par la quamite de leurs dards ; il luy icpondit fort agre*-
ablement, ns fera-ce fas un grand plaifir de combatrc *
Pombre ?
20
Akxandre le grand demandoit a Dioxides fameux Cor
faire qui luy avoit etc amene* prifonnier, pour quelle
raifbn il avoir etc fi hardy que de pirater 8c de faire des
courfes fiir fes Mers ; il rpondit, que c'etoit pour fbn
profit, & conime Alexandre avoit coutume de faire lui
memc, mats parceque je le fais y ajouta-til, avec unefeule
Galere, I' on r appette Cor faire ; maisvous, Seigneur, tfuile
faites avec une grande Armee t I'on vow appel/e Roy. Cette
r^ponfe hardie pluttant a Alexandre, qu'il lui donna au-
ffi t6t la Iibert6.
21
Darias Roy de Pcrfe, envoya de grands Prelents a
Efawinondas , Chef des TbebainSj pour tacher de le cor-
rompre : St Darius veut etre Ami des Thebains, die ce
grand Capitaine a ceux qui les lui portoient, ilneft ya$
mcejjaire quil acbete mon amitie j & s'il a fautres fenti-
mcnts, tl n'efl pas ajfcz, rich* your me corrompre. Et amfi il
kt i envoy a.
22
1 5 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
21
Corax promifed Ttfias to teach him Rhetorick, and
Ttfias on his fide engaged to give him a Reward for it;
hut when he had learnt it, he refuted to fatisfy him :
Corax therefore called him before the Judge ; Ti/tat
trading to the fiibtilty of his Rhetorick, asked him what
Rbetorick confined in: Corax anfwered in the Art of Per-
fwading. Then faid Tifias, If I can per/wade the Judge
thdt 1 ought to give yeu nothing, TU fay you nothing,
becaufe you will be cafl ; and if 1 do not per/wade
them, Ijharit fa} you neither ; becaufe 1 have not learnt
bow to per/wade., there fort} our be ft way is to relinquish your
cnterpriz*. But Corax , who was more fubtle than he,
refumed the Argument in this Manner, if you perfwade
the Judges yon ought to pay mt\ becaufe you have learnt
Rbetorick ; if you do not perfwade them , you muft
fay me likewife, becaufe you will be caft ; fo let it be how it
will you ought to fatisfy me.
Mecenas, Augustus's Favourite, being entertained at
Dinner by a Roman Knight, towards the end of the
Meal, began to take fome Liberties with his Wife ;
the Knight, to make his court to him, inftead of (hew-
ing any jealoufy of it, counterfeited Sleep ; but Iee4ng
one of his Slaves going to take away fomething from
the Cup board, Sirrah, lays he, doefltkouwtf'eetbtt
I only flee f for Mecenas?
There was at Rome, in the Time of the Emperour
Auguftus, a poor Greek Poet who from time to time,
when the Emperour went out of his Palace, prefented
21 Corax
Lf Cotnpagon Sage & Ingen'mix . 16
21
Corax promit a Ttfias de luy enfeigrier la Rhetorique,
& Ti/tas de fon cote s'engagea de lui en payer le Sa-
laire; mais 1'ayant apprife, il ne vouloit point le
fatisfaire, c'eft pourquoy Cerax 1'appella en juftice.
Tijias fe fiant fur la fubtilhe" de fa Rhe*torique lui
demanda, en quoy covjtftoit la Rbetorique : Corax re-
pondit, quflle conftftoit dans Hart de perfuader. done
dit Tijias, Jj je fetfuade lesjuges, queje ne te dots rien don-
ner } je ne te pay tray aucune chofe t farce e^ue je gagneraj le
procez, ; &fije ne les perfuatte pas, je ne te 'payer ay pas non
plttt, farce que je rfauray pas appris a perfuader j ainfi tu
feras mieux d'abandonner I'entreprtfe. Mais Corax qui etojt
plus fin que luy, reprit Pargument de cette maniere*;
fi tu perjuades les jugcs, t* me dots payer, parce que tv
auras appris la Rhetonque, ft tu ne les perfuader pas, tu me
dots payer de memt\ parce qut tu pcrdras ton procez.', ainfi dc
quellt fa$on que ce fott tudois me fatisfaire.
Meccne Favori $dt*gu(le, etant regal^ par un Che-
valier Remain, fur la fin du repas ii commen$a a pren-
dre quelque libe^tez avec fa Femme. le Chevalier pour
lui fa ire fa Cour, au lieu d'en paroitre jaloux, fit fern-
blant de dormir ; mais voyant qu'un de fes Efclaves al-
loit emporter quelque chofe du Buffet, Coquin, lui
dit-il, ne volt tu pas que je ne dors que f tf
14
II y avoit a Rowr,du terns de 1'Empereur Augupe, un
pauvre Poete Grec qui de temps en temps, lors qae T-
Empercur fbrtoit du Palais, lui prefentoit une epigram-
him
1 7 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
him with a Greek Epigram ; and though the Emper-
our took it, yet he never gave him any thing j on the
contrary, having a mind one Day to ridicule him
and (hake him off, aflbon as he faw him coming to
prefent him with his Verles, the Emperour fent him
a Greek Epigram of his own Composing, and writ
with his own Hand. The Poet received it with |oy,
and as he was reading of it, he fliewed by his Face
and Geftures that he was mightily pleafed with if.
After he had read it, he pulled out his Purfe, and
coming up to Augujtus, gave him fome few Pence,
faying, take this Money , Cefar, I give it you, not accord-
ing to your great Fortune, but according to my poor Ability
bad I more, my liberality would be greater. The whole
company fell a laughing, and the Emperour more than
the reft, who ordered him a hundred thoufand
Crowns.
15
Young Scipio was at four and twenty Years of Age
a Man of confummate Wifclom ; and altho his warlike
Atchievements terrified his Enemies,, yet he made frill
greater Conquefts by his Virtue than by his Valour.
For as they brought to him the Wife of Mando a Spa-
nfy Prince, with two of her Nieces extream Beautiful,
he fent them back with thefe fine Words, That it not
only became kis own, and the Roman Peoples integrity not
to violate any thing that's Sacred ; but bejides the regard he
bad for them, obliged him to do them Juftite ; face in their
Misfortune they bad neither forgot them{elves t nor their
Honour. And having done the fame to another Spanijh
Prince, whofeWife, {'a Woman ftill more accom-
pli(ht in her Beauty than the other ) had been prefent-
ed to him, he fent her back to her Husband with a
Le Comftgno* Sage & Ingenicux* 1 8
me Grecque,mais cjuoy que 1'Empereur la pric,il ne luy
donnoit pourtant jamais rien; au contraire, voulant un
jour fe moquerde lui, & leeongeclier, lors qu'illevk
venir pour prelenter fes Vers, 1'Empereur lui envoya
une Epigram me en Gree de la compofition, & e'critede
ii "
s'approchant d'Augufe, il lui donna quelques Sols, lui
dilant, prenez, cet urgent Cefar, je worn le donne, non felon
vfore baute fortune, mats felon nton petit pouvoir t ft fen a-
tfois Javantage ma liberalitt fertit plus grand* ; tout lei
monde le mit a rire, 1'Empereur lui meme plus que
les autres, 6c lui fit donner cent mills ecus.
Le jeune Scipion a 1'age de vingt quaere ans ctoit dcja
tfune SageiTe conlbmm^e : & quoy qu'il fit des Ex-
ploits d'Armes qui etonnoient fes Ennemis 3 il fit encore
de plus grandes Conquetes par la Vertu, que par la
Valeur. Cat lors qu'on luieutamer^ la Femme de
Mandon, Prince tfyagnol, & deux des les Nieces d'une
excellence Beaute, il les renvoya avec ces belles Pa-
roles : Qu 'outre qu'il etoit de Jon integrite, & de cells
du Peuple Remain de ne rien violer de faint t leur prof re
confederation Pobligeott encore a leur faire jujlice : puts quc
dans leur fnalbeur , elles ne s'etoient pas otthliies Belles,
ni de leur Vtrtu. Et ayant fait la meme chole a un au-
tre Prince Ejpagnol, dont on lui avoit prefente la
Femm, d'une Beaut6 encor plus accomplie que 1'au-
tre, il la renvoya a fon mary avec une grande lbmm
d'Argent qu'pn lui offroit pour la ran$on. C Prince
C great
19 The Wife and Jugenious
great Sum of Money which was offered him -for her
Ranibm, This Prince highly pleafed with this Favour,
proclaimed through all the Land, That aG^-Hktyomg
Roman was come into Spain, -who made bimfelf Mafter of
all not fo much by the Power of his Arms, as of bis Virtue
a:l obliging Nature.
2.6
The fame Scipto being accufed before the Roman Peo-
ple, by O^ Pet thus, for embezHng .part of the Spoils of
King Anttochus % he made his appearance at the Day ap-
pointed by his Accufer. But this great Man no 1 els
admirable by his Virtue than by his Courage, inftead
of cleaiing himfelf from the Charge, and proud of his
own Innocence, he made a Speech to the People a(-
lembled to condemn him, and told them with a bold
and undaunted Look, and the Tone of a Conquerour,
3 Twas upon fuch a day as ibis is I took Carthage, de-
feated Hannibal, and vanyuijhed the Carthaginians; let's
march to the Capitol, and return the Gods Thanks for it.
The People furpriied by this Magnanimity left the In-
former, followed Scipio, 'and that Day got him a thou-
fand times more Honour than that on which he tri-
tumphed over King Sipbax, and die Carthaginians.
1*1
'Plato invited one Day to Supper Diogents the Cynick
wirh ibme Sicilisws his Friends, and caufgd the Ban-
queting Room to be adorned, out of refpedt to thoic
Strangers. Dicgeves who was difpleafed wich the finery
of Plato, began to trample upon the Carpets and other
Goods, and laid very brucilWy, .1 trample upon the Critic
of Plato: But Plato anlwered wifely, True, Diogenes,
hut you trawple upon it through a. greater Pride.
channc
Le CompAgnon Sage dr Ingenieux. 20
charmc de cette Grace publia dans le Pai's, <juil etoit
venu en Efpagne un jeane Romain Jemblable aux Dieux,
yuift rendoit Maitre de toui^ntoins par la force de fes Armes
]ue far celle de fa Vtrtu & defon bumeur bienfaifante.
1.6
Le mcme Stipioa etant accufe devant le Pcuple Ro-
ntain par ^. Pettlim , d'avoir diitrait une partie des de-
pouilles du Roy Antiochus a (on profit, parut au jour
marque* par fon Accufateur. Mais ce grand Hom-
me, admirable par (a vertu & par fa valeur, au lieu de
fe juftifier de ce qu'on 1'accufbit, fier qu'il eioic defon
innocence, parlant au Peu pie alTemblt? pour le condam-
ner, dit d'un air hardi & intrepide, 8c d'un ton de
vainqueur. C'eft a teljour quanjourdbuy, <%ue fay pris
Carthage, que fay defait Hannibal,^ vaincu Ics Cai cha-
ginois, allont au Capitole en rtmercier les Dieux. Le
Peuple furpris de cstte Magnanimitc, quitta 1'accula-
teur* fuivit Scipion, & ce jour lui fut mille fois plus
glorieux, que celui auquel il triompha du Roy Si^hax }
& des Cartbaginois.
Platan invita un jour a fbuper Dlogene le Cymquc avec
quelques Siciliens de ies Amis, & fit orner la lile du
Banquet pour faire honneur a ces Etrangeis. Diogene
qui ne pouvoit (buffrir la propretc de Platan, commcji-
ta a fouler aux Pieds les Tapis & les autres meubles,
& die fort brutalement : je foule aux Pieds I'orgustl de
Platon : & Platen lui repondic fagement, il eft
Diogene, matt voas le foulez, par un plus grand orgueil.
C ^
2 1 The Wife axd Ingenious ComfA nion.
18
Cineas was in great Honour with Pyrr&us King ^of
Epirus, who made life of him in all his weighty Affairs,
and profeft that he had won more Cities by theCharms
of his Eloquence, than he had taken himfelf by the
ftrength of his own Arms. He perceiving the King
earneftly bent upon his Expedition into Italy, told him
in private, Sir, the Romans have the Reputation of a
Warlike People, and command divers Nations that are
lb, but fuppofc we overcome them, What Fruit fhall
we reap by the Vioiy ? . That's a plain thing, laid
Pyrrbusj for then added he, No City will preiume to
oppofe us, and we fliall fpeedily be Matters of all Italy.
And having made Italy our own, return'd Cineas, what
ilidll we then do? Sicily, faid he^ is near., reaching out
her Hand to us, a rich and populous Iflandj and eafily
to be raken. It is probable, (aid Cineas ; but having fub-
dued Sicily, will that put an end to the War? If God,
faid Pyrrbus gives us this Hiccels, thefe will be but the
Flourifh to greater Matters ; for who can refrain from
Africa and Carthage, which will be loon at our beck?
And thefe overcome, you will eafily grant that none
of thole that now provoke us, will dare to refift us:
That's true,, faid Cineas*\ for 'its eafiy to believe that
with fuch Forces we may recover Macedon, and give
Law to all Greece. But being thus become Lords
of all, what then? Then dear Cineas, laid Pyrrbus
i iiiiing, we will live at our eafe, and. enjty our felves.
When Cineas had brought him thus far , and what hin-
ders, replied he, but that we may now do all this,
lecing it is in our Power, without ths expence of Ib
much fweat and Blood ?
28 O-
Le ComfAgnon Sage & Jngenieux. 2 2
iS
Cineas etoit en grandeeftims aupres de Pbyrrm Roy
tfEpire qui fe fervoit de lui dans toutes ies Affaires im-
portances, Scavoiioit qu'il avoic gagn plus de Villes
par les charmes de fon Eloquence, qu'il n'en avoic pi is
lui mcme par la force de fes Armes. Comme il vir que
le Roy avoic tourne coutes les Penfees vers 1'expediti-
on tfltalie, il lui die un jour en particular : Sire, les
domains paffant pour un Peuple Guerrier, 8c comma n-
denc a plufieurs Nacions qui le (one aufli, mais fuppofe,
que nous les vainquions^ quel fruic retirerons nous dc
cecte Vi&oire ? La chole parle d'elle meme., ditP^-nw,
car alors, ajouta-t-il, aucune Ville n'olera nous reHftcr
& nous lerons bien-tot Maiires de coute Ylralie. EC
quand nous aurons Vltatie, repliqua Cmeas, que ferons
nous alors ? La Sidle, dir-il, elt pi 65 &: nous rend les
Bras : Ifle riche & peupl^e qui (era facilemenc ieduire:il
y a quelque apparence, die Cimas; mais npi& avoir
iiibjugu^ la Sidle, cela mectra c-il fin a la Guerre ? Si
DieUj dit Pfyrrus, nous donne ce bon fuccez, ce ne
leront que lesPreludes de plus grandeschoies ; car com-
ment s'empecher de pafler en dfrique &: d'aller a Car-
tbage, qui lera bien tot a nocre commandement? EC c-
tant venus a bout de tout ceci vous m\ivoucrez aifc-
menc qu'aucun de ceux qui nous bravenc maincenanr_,
n'oleia nous refifter. Cela eft vray, dit Cineas ; cir il dt
affez croyable qu'avec de telles Forces' nous pourrons
recouvrer la Macetloine, & faire la loy a coute la Grece.
Mais apres nous ecre ainfi rendus Maicres de couc, que
fferons nous alors?" Alors, cher Cineas, lui die Pfyrrus,
d'un air gay, nous -vivrons a notrc aife, & nous nous (kn-
nerons du bon terns. Cineas i'ayanc fait venir la, c^ a
ijuoi ticnt-iI 3 repliqua-C-il, que nous ne le fajjions de's a prt-
jeot fuit tjue ctla depend de nous fans tant dejang & de peine?
C ly CLi-
2 3 The Wife and Ingenious Companion:
19
Chilo faid, one ought to be young in his old Age,
and old in his youth ; that is, an old Man ought to be
Chearful and Good-humour'd. and a young Man
Wife.
Artaxerxes being routed in a Battle, and put to flight,
after his Baggage and Provifions had been plundered^he
found himfelf fb preft with Hunger., that he was re-
duced to eat a piece of Barly Bread, and ibme dry
Figs. He reliflied them Ib well, that he cried out, O
Gods! low many Pleafttres has Plenty deprived me of till
this infant ?
Thofe ofCjrene defired flat o to make Laws for them,
7 cannot, faid he^ dittate Laws to tbofs whom Plenty and
~ProJj>erity has made incapable to obey.
1%
ArcUdamus befieging Corinth, faw a great many
Hares darting from under its Walls : Then turning pre-
fently to his Soldiers, Theft my Friends, faid he, are the
Enemies we are tofght withal, we ought to be more afraid
of their Heels than of their Hands.
33
Julius Ce far landing on the Shore otAfrua., hap-
pened to get a fall as he went out of the Ship. This
fall which feemed to be an ill Omen for his Defign
upon that Country, was by his ready Wit turned into
a lucky Prefage ; for as he fell he embraced the Earth,
and cried, Now I hold tbee Africa.
19 Chi-
*< omp*gtiff* Sage & Ingenietix, 2 4
5|
Clilon difbitjl faut cere jsune en la vieilleflfej & viecx
en fa Jeunefle; c*eft-a dirc,qu'un vieillard doit etre fans
chagriu 3 & qu'un jeuiie homrne doit erre f age.
Anaxfrce *,dans ufi combat,ayant ct oblige de pren-
dre la fuite apr&que Ion bagage &fes Provifionscurent
^tc pill^es, il (e trouva fi foit prefle de la faim qu'il fut
reduit a manger un rnorceau de pain d'orge Sc quel-
ques figues leches. EHes lui parurent de fi bon gout
qu'il 1 s'ecria: O Dieux ! Je combien Jc ptafjirs tabondavct
m'a-t-el!e prive jufyu a ce moment.
31
Ceux de Cyrene prierent Tlaton de leur clreiler des
Loix ; je ne puis 3 leur dic-il, prefcrire des Lotx a ceux yuc
Fabondance & la froffertte rcndent incapable* d'obeir.
yfrc&^Wftfjaffiegeant Coriittbe t \\t fbrtir plufi^urs Lic-
vres de defions fes murs: auffi-tot fc tournant vers fes
Soldats: Fdila', dic-il, Compagnons., les Ennewis cjttt nom
avons a combattre, nous dcvont plus craixdre lettrs picHs fiic
hurt bras.
55
Juks Cefar qui abordoit au rivage d'dfiiqtu tomb.t
en descendant du vaitou : eette chute qui ienibloit dc
mauvais augare pour Ics defleins qu'il avoit ilir ce Pa'is,
fut par Ion adi^fte clung^e en un prciage heureuxj il
embrafla ia Terreen combant 3 & il s't'criaj e'eft *pr*~
fat 3 Aifrique, ^tte jetetiew.
t, 5 The Wife tnd Ingenious
34
Timotheus being accounted lucky in hisUndertakings,
was by fbme envious Perfbns drawn with a Net in his
Hand , into which Cities fell of their own accord while
he was afleep. Timothtus without exptcffing the leaft
difcontent upon ir, faid to thofe who fhewed him that
Pi&ure, If I take fucb fine Cities ujbile I am ajleef, what
I do 'when 1 am awake ?
35
Sylla who robbed the Temples to pay his Soldiers,
was told that as they were going to plunder that of
Apollo at Delpbot, a noife of fbme Inftruments was heard
there ; fo much the better, anfwered he, for face Apollo
flays on his Lyre, 'tis afign he is f leafed, and is not angry
with us-
Alexander's Generals complained to him juft before
the Battle of Arbetta, that his Soldiers had been fo in-
folent, as to demand a Promife that the whole Booty
fhould be theirs: Came on, iaid he, that's afign tfVitfery;
thofe that jj>eak with fo much ajjitrance do not dejtgn to run
37
Diogenes came to Cberonta when Philip his Army was
there; he was taken by the Soldiers and carried before
the King, who not knowing him, told him that with-
out doubt he was a Spy, and came to oblerve him.
Thou jay eft right > anfwered Diogenes, for I came hither t*
thy Felly, in that not being contented with the King-
thott fttkejt at the kax^rdoftfy Domi-
Lf Comftgnon Sagt & Ingettieux. 36
34
Ttmotbew, qui ctoit eftim^ heureux dans fes entre-
prifcs, fut par guelques envieux reprefentt? avec des fi-
lets ea main, ou les Villes venoient fe jetcer pendant
qull <\OTmoit$Tiwotbeus, fans en temoigner le moindre
chagrin, dit a ceux qui lui montroient cette Peinture :
Si je prtns deft belles Vittes en dormant, qtte feral je auand
jefai
35
Syltaqui depoiiilloit les Temples pour payer fes Sol-
tsj fut arerti que comme on alloit piller celui $A-
follon a Dclpbcs, on y avoit oiiy le fon de quelqueslnfrru-
mens, Tant mieux, rc*pondit-il, puifau Apollon joue Je fa
Lyrtt t ceft une marque <juil eft At belle burneur, & juil riefk
foint mite eontre nous.
Les Capitaines ftAlexandre ie plaignirent a la journea
d'Arbclles, que lesSoldats avoient I'infolence de vouloir
qu'on leur promit tout le butin : Courage, leur dit-il, ceft
tmfrefage de la vittoire : yuand on park avec cette afffttrance
U 3 onna pas envie de far.
37
Diogene vint a Cberome lor (que 1'arniee de Pbilippe y
itoit: il fut pris par les Solddts, & conduit au Roi qui
ne le connoiifant pas, lui dir qne fans doutc il e'.oit un
Efpion_, qui venoit pour 1'obfcrver: Tuasrarfon, repon-
dit Diogene, car je fats venu en ce lieu pottr observer tafolie y
qttifait yte not* content du Royaume de Maccdoine, tu
fjbercfas, au peril de t* vic 3 & de tet ILtats, a ufurper let
xiots,
27 The Wife and Ingenio&s Comp > Avion.
nionsy to Ufurpe the Province of tby Neighbours, The
King admiring the boldneis of this Man, commanded
him to be fet at Liberty.
38
3 ,
Julius Cefar going through a little Village, fbine of
his Friends took notice of the Tranquiiity of the Inha-
bitants, and asked him whether he thought there w<is
any great canvaffing and intereft made for the M^i-
ftracy: I bad rather, anfwered Cefar y he the fir ft Man
m this Village, than the feccnd at Romo.
39
Vanuis Mother, then Prifbner tf Alexander, excufing
her felf to him, for that in one vifit wherewith he ho-
noured her, (lie by a miftake, had paid to Efiefutr^
who accom pained him, the Refpeft due to the Kiug;
iard Alexander comforting her, be not concerned, at it,
Madam, you were not mistaken, for be whom you faluted is
another Alexander.
40
Chilo, one of the feven wife Men of Grece, to give us
to underftand, that one ought to bs mod-ra^e and
cautious in ones Affections, iaid, We muft love a Fiiend
fo as we may one Daj hate hint ; and we mujt hate no Body
but with A regard that we may afterwards unite Priena'jhtp
with him*
One comforting King Philip upon the Death
parchm, told him, that his Friend being ftricken in
Tears, Death was not come upon him bstore his time:
True, laid Philip, Death come in time fir bim$ but fiwce
Pro*
Le Compagtton Sage & Ingenieux. 28
Provinces de tet voifins. Le Roy admirant la hardieffe
de c& homme commanda qu'on Ic mit en libertf.
58
Jules Cefar paitant dansun p:tit bourg, quclqucs tins
de fes amis qui remarquoienc la tranqnilitc dcs h.ibir,ins,
lui demanderent, s'il croyoit qti'il y eiit la dc gr.mdes
brigues pour le gouvernemcnt : J'aimerois wieux, T-
pondit Cefitr, etre le premier dam ce village, t^ue a are It
JeconA A Rome.
39
La Mere de Darius prifbnniere ^Alexaubrt^ lui faiiant
fes excuie* de ce qu'en une vificc done il 1'honora, elle
avoit par meprife rendu a Epbeftio*, qui 1'accomp.ignofr,
les refpe&s dus a ce Roy : Alexandre, lui die en la rat-
leurant,r voits trouble*, point, Madame, verts we vans etes
quevous avez, falae ejt ttn autre Alexandre.
40
Cbilon un des fept Sages de la Green, pour nous faire
entendre qu'il falloit ecre nioderc &c prudent dans ies
aflfecftions, dilbit : ilfaut aimer un ami cornme le pouvatit
hair quelqtM jour, & il m faut hair perfonne, t^tti n <vue
ytion fettf en/uite noiier amitie awe Itti.
Quelqn' un coniblant le Roi Philippe ds la mort d'-
Hypparebus, lui difbit que cec ami crant dcja tort age.la
mort ne Tavoit point attaque avant le temps. // ejt
vray, r6pondit Philippe, jue la mort eft venue a temps
I had
29 The Wife And Ingenious Companion.
I bad not yet honoured him with Benefits worthy of our
Friendship, his Death, as to me t is untimely.
4*
A Criminal fentenced to Death, was bailed put of
Prifon by one of his Friends, who remained Prilbner
till the other had fettled (bme Bufmefs, which affoon
as he had done he furrendred himfelf again j Dionjfus
the Tyrant furprized at the Aflurance of the one, and
the Faithfulnels of the other, pardoned the Malefactor :
And in requital of my Tar don, laid he, I befeecb you to ad-
mit me as a third into your Friendship.
Memnon King Darivis General, in his War againft:
'Alexander, hearing one of his Soldiers belch out many
injurious Words againft that great Enemy, he gave
him a great blow with a Halbert, and told him,, /
fay ihee to fight agmnft Alexander, and not to abufc
44
The Phyfician tfPyrrhus having offered to Fabricius,
the Roman General, to Poilbn his Matter, Fabricius fern
back that Traitor's Letter to Pyrrbus, with thefe Words,
Prince, know better for the future, how to choofe both your
Friends a*d Foes. To requite this Benefit, Pyrrbut fent
back all the Prifoners: But Fabridus received them
only upon Condition that he would accept of as many
of his, and writ to him: Do not believe Pyrrhus, 1 have
Jifcovered this Treachery to you , out of a particular regard to
your Perfon, but because the Romans fhttn bafe Stratagems,
and will not triumph but with open Force.
pour
Le CempAgnon Stge & Ingerieux. 30
four Iui,mais puifaue je ne favoispas encore bonnore des Biens
faitt digncs at notre tmitie, fa mart* A mon egard, eft pre-
matvree.
Un Criminel condamn* st la Mort, fur le caution-
nement d'un de fes Amis qui demeura en fa place fbr-
tit de Prifbn pour aller regler quelques Affaires, & re-
vint auffi-t6t qu'il les edt achevces: Denis 1 Tyran fiir-
pris de I'affeurance de Tun, & de la fidelity de I'autre,
pardonna au Criminel: En reconnoiffancc, dtt-il, de ma
grace, je vout conjure de we recevotr pour troifteme en votre
amitie.
4?
Memn&n Capitaine de Darius, dans la Guerre qu'il
avpit centre Alextndre, entendant un de fes Soldats vo-
mir infolemment beaucoup d'injures centre cc grand
Ennemi, il lai donna nn grand coup dc Hallebarde;
en lui difant, je te paye afin jue tu combattcs centre Alex-
andre, non pas afn ym tu ^injuries.
44
Le Medecin de Tbyrrus setant offert a Fabricius gene-
ral des RowtfWMjd'empoifonner fbn Ma.itre>FalrriciM ren-
voya la lettre de ce Traitre a Pbjrrus avec ces Mots;
Prince, fongez, a. favenir A fair e un meilhur cboix de vos
Amis, & de <vos Ennentis. En reconnoiflance de ce bien-
fait, Pbyrrus lui^renvoya tous lesPrifbnniers: Mais Fa-
hicius ne les re$uc qua la charge de lui en rend re au-
tant des fiens, & lui manda : Ne crois pas, Phyrrus, <j*e
^e faye decotrvert cette Trahifon, par une confideration parti-
culiere Je ta Ptrfinne f mats parct yue les Romainsj^fwf Its
laches Artifoes, & ne vcultnt triotnpber^iia force ouverte.
45 DM-
2 1 The Wife And Ingenious Communion.
45
Diogenes being asked of what Beaft the biting was
moft dangerous, anfweredj if you mean wild Beafts, y tts
the Slanderer's, if tame ons 3 the Flatterer's.
46
dntigwut hearing a Poet call him Son tfjufiter;
My Valet de Chamber , (aid he Trailing, who empties my
Cwje-ftool, knows bui too well that I am but A Man.
47
Whereas Kings are furroundcd with Flatterers, and
that Horles have no particular regard for them, Carne-
*des ufed to fay, That Princes learn nothing well, but to ride
n Horfcback.
48
Sefiftris King ofexj^^, having caufed four of his Cap-
tive Kings, initead or Horfes, to draw his Triumphal
Chariot., one of thele four call his Eyes comiually upon
the two foremoft Wheels next hiro, which Sefoftris ob-
lerving,ask'd him what he found worthy of his Admira-
tion in rhat Motion; to whom the Captive King an
wer'd , That in tbofe Wheels be beheld the mutability of all
tvarUlf Things for that the loweft fart of the Wheel was fuel-
denly carried abo've^and became the highejl, and the uppermost
fart "was as fuddenly turned down-war ds$ which when Se-
foftru had judiclofly weighed, he difii^ift thofe Kings
ftom their Servitude.
45
Le Qomf Agnon Sage & Ingexieux. 3 2
45
Viogene interrogc" quelle Bete mordoit le plus dange-
ufjmeat, reporjdit; Si VOMS, parlez, des Bites far ouches,
Jeffrie tnedifant ; f des animaux domefti^ues^ c'e(l le flu-
teur.
Antigonus entendant un Poe'te flateur TappellerFHs dc
Juvcr: Men Valet He cbambre, dit-il en ioiirianr^ aw
ma cbtife pcrcee ffttt trof bien ^ue jc ne fas yu tw
47
Cpmme Ics Rois font .environncz deFlateurs, & qus
lesfeuls .C'hevau.x ne gnrdont point aveceuxde mefures,
CarnwJts d'fbit: que let Princes riapprennent ncn commt il
faut qu a bien manter un CbevaL
Sefoftru Roy $ Egypt e, ay ant fait tirer fbn char dc
Ti iomphe par quaere Rois Captifs, au lieu de Che/aux,
un d'cux tenoit k veue actach^j furies Roues de devant
qui ecoient pi 6s ds lui, ce que Ssfofrru remaiqu.int, il
lui demanda ce qu'il trouvoit digue d'admiration
dans ce mouvement. A quoi le Roy Captif lepondir:
je contemple Jans ces Roues Finconftancc Jes chofes bumarnes y
d'autant <jue la partie la plus bajje de la roue eft tout un
coup portee en haut 3 & deviant la plus elevee j & la plus
haute eft portee en bas awe auttnt de vitejfe j Sefo/lrts a-
yant meurcmcnc rcflechi la deflus, mit ces Rois en
libertc.
2 j The Wife and Ingenious
49
Some Body twitting Hiero the Tyrant with a (linking
Breath, he chid his Wife for not tclHng him of it be-
fore: I /00g6r^atffwered (he, all MenHbeatbs fmtlkd
like j/oars.
5
One asked Cbarilltu t why at Ltcedemon Maids went
bare- faced, when Married Women were vailed : &-
taufe 3 anfwered he, the firft look for Husbands, and the o-
tbcrs are afraid to lofe them by Jealoujte and Divorce ,
*t
Diogenes feeing over the Door of a new Married
Man, thefe written Words, Hence all Evil ; faid he,
After Death the I'hyfician. The fame Philofbpher per-
ceiving one Day lome Women hanged on an Oliva-
tree: Would to God, cried he, all other 7rees tore the like
Fruit.
divorced a Wife, who teemed to be
Miftreft of all the Qualifications neceflary to make her
beloved. This Divorcement furprized a great many j
but he told them, Shewing them his Shoe, Tou fee that
this Shoe fts mt t and is veil made a but you dont fee where
it linings me.
53
Dicgenes laid to a young hare-brained Fellow, that
threw Stones at a Gibbet; Wttt, 1 fee tbottlt twcti the
mark at la/I:
49 On
Le Compagnon Sage dr Ingcnuitx, $4
49
On reprocha au Tiran Huron qu'il avoit 1'haleine
puante, il reprit (a Femme de ne 1'en avoir jamais aver-
ti; ye cro/ow/epondit-elle, qut torn letHommes eujjentl'ha-
leine de nteme odeur ue vous.
On demandoit a Cbarillw pourquoi a Lactdctntmt Ics
Filles marchoient le vifage decouvert, veu que les Fem-
mes ^toient voilces, c'eft r^pondit il: farce que Us urns
cberchent un mart, & ytte les autrcs out fear de le ferdre par
c & far le divorce,
51
Diogene voyant fur la porte d'un nouveau marie ces
Mots ^critSj loin d'ici le Mal t il dit,, 4pres la Mort le Me-
deem. Le mcme Philofophe apperccut an jour des
Femmes pendues a un Olivier: PMt a Dieu, s'ecria-t-il,
fae tons les attires Arbns portajfcnt un femblable fruit !
Paultts vmiJius repudia une Femme qui paroiflbic a-
voir tous les avantages capables de le faire aimer. Cc
divorce etonnoic bien des Gens, mais il leur die en mon-
trant fbn Soulier : Votts voytz, <\ue ce Soulier eft propre,
yuilefl bien fait : wait vow m vojftz, pat ou il
Diogene die a un jeune ecourdi qui jettoic des Pierres
vers un Gibst : Courage, jt vois bien qu'evfin tit toucberat
tut but.
14
3 5 Tbe Wife and Ingenious
54
C. Popititts, who, as Ignorant as he was, let up for a
Lawyer, being one Day fummoned to be a Witnels,,
anfwered he knew nothing : Tou think, perhaps, (aid
Cicero to him, that you are asked Queftiom about Law.
55
Melanthus, a Parafite of Alexander King of Pkeres,
being asked how his Mailer died, made this plealant
Anfwer : he died by a Sword that run through bis Thigh,
and my Belly at once.
Plate 3 laid, that Hopes are the Dreams ofthoje that are
awake.
57
^ As two Men courted Themiftodets Daughter in Mar-
riage,, one of which was a Fool,, but rich, the other
Poor, but wife and honeft ; he chofe this laft for his
Son-in-law, and afwered tothofe who wondred at it:
lejieent more a Man without Riches, than Riches without ft
Man.
58
Alexander the Great j took in the Wars a certain 7-
Jian, who had fuch a skill in Shooting, that he could
pals his Arrows through a Ring placed at a certain di-
fUnce. He commanded him to make a trial of it be-
fore him; andbecaufe the Indian refufed, he ordered
he fnouid be flain. Tho(e that led him to his Puniili-
ment enquiring into the Reafbn of his refufalj the In-
dian an(vvei 4 ed_, Having fir a long time, left off the Exercife
54 C.
Le Qom^AgHon Sage & Ingeniettx. 36
f4
C. Popilittsqm tout ignorant qu'il etoit s'erigeoit en Jir
rifconfulte, etant un jour appelle en te"rnoignage, ie-
pondit qu'il ne favoit rien : Vom penfez, pent etre, lui die
Ciceron } qiion vous Intenogefur ties yuefioas de Droit i
55
Melanthus Parafite tfAiexanJre, Roy cle Thertt, inter^
Irogd comment fbn Maicre ecoic Morr, repondit pl.ii-
lamment : // eft mort d'un coup d'Epec GUI lui per fa l
& won venire en meme
Plat on difoit, que les Eferances font hs finges etes Pir-
fonnes eveillees.
57
I)e deux homines qui recherchoient la Fille da T^r
nriftockfi 1'un lot, mais riche : 1'autre pauvre, niais figc
& lionnete homme, il pritce dernier pour ion gendre,
& repondic a cctix qui s'en etonnoient : J'aimc rxienx an
Homme fans ricbcffes, %ue des ricbefis fans Hemme.
58
'Akxantlre le grand prit en Guerre un In<lien f fi adroit
4 tirer cle 1'Arc, qu'il failbit palVur l-.-s FlOches par un
anneau place a une certainc diilance, il lui comm.^nJa
d'en Kiiu I'ciTai devant lui, & iilr le refus qu'en fit !'/-
atai) il ordonna.qu'on le fie mouiir. Ccux qui !c con*
duiibient an iuppiice, s'informant du liijct delbn rclu^
YlxJicn repondic: Ccrxwe faiiis ling tints fans exeictr
#rt t fti miwx tira* Iciffiir hi Ai-j-tt^ <\M ^ m'ex*
i 37 The Wife and Ingenious Comp
of my Art y 1 cbufe to fitffer Death rather than to 'venture
the lofs of my Reputation, iflfrottld mif before Alexander :
Which being told again to that Emperour, he not on-
ly commanded he fhould be fet at Liberty, but al(b
gave him many Gifts, admiring his great Spirit and
Rcfblution.
59
The Favourites of the Emperour Trajan, taking no-
tice that he received every Body with great Familia-
rity, told him he forgot the grandeur of his Majefty :
I -will take care, anfwered he, That my People {hall find in
me fucb an Emperour as Icouldwifo to have one my fe/f, if
I was a private Man.
60
r 4gathcckt from a mean Fortune., beiag advanced
to the Royal Dignity, would be ferved at Table with
Earthen-ware, and being asked the reafbn : 1 intend,
anfwered he, that the remembrance of my Extraction from
a Potter, fall check, that Pride which the vain Pomp of
Royalty may raife in me:
61
'Alexander fitting on the Judgment Seat to decide
Criminal CaufeSj kept always one of his Ears Iropt,
while the Accuier was pleading ; and being asked the
reafbn : I keep, laid he, the other Ear entire to hear the
Tarty accufed.
62
King Philip being drowiy, and not having well heard
theCaufe of Machete$ t cait him contrary to the Laws :
Machetes cryed out prcftntly that he appealed ; the
fo/er
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 3 S
fofer a perdre ma Reputation, en man^uant decant Alexan-
dre. Cc qui etant rapporte a cet Empereur, r,o feu-
lement il le fit mettre en liberte, mais nieme il lui tic
de grands Prefents, admirant fon courage & la fer-
mete.
59
Les Favoris de 1'Emperenr Trajan le voyant recevoir
tout le monde fort familierement, lui remontroient qu'il
oublioit la grandeur <fc fa Majefte : je wax, repondit-
il, epic won Peuple trouve en moj ttn Empereur, tel <jue je
fouhaiterois en avoir un Jt f etuis Homme prive.
60
'Agatlocles etant parvenu debas lieu a la d ignite Roy-
alle,, vouloit qu'on le fcrvit a Table en Vaiflelle de
Terre, & quancl on lui en demandoit la cauie: /* vettx^
repondit-il, yte It fouvenir de FOrigine que je tire if ttn To-
tier de Terre, rabatte forgueil, dont le vain apparsil de la
Royaute pourroit me furprmdrt*
61
'Alexandra etant aflis fur le Tribunal pour juger les
Caufcs criminellesj tenoit tou jours une Or eille bouchee
pendant quc 1'Accuiateur plaidoit, & comme on lui en
demandoit la raifbn * je referve } dit-il^ Fautre Orcillc
entiere pour entendre I'Accufi.
6^
LeRoy Philippe aflbupi, ayant mal entendu la caufe
de Machetes, il le condamna contre les Loix ; Machetes
s'cria auffi-toc qu'il en appelloit. Le Roy en colere
D 3 King
39 The Wife and Ingtniott* Companion.
King in avPaffion asked him to what Judge? I appeal,
laid lie, from Philip ajleep, to Philip awake. This re-
ply made Philip recollect himielf, and ordered the
Caufe to be tried over again, who acknowledging his
Errour, he did not revoke his Sentence , but paid out
of his own Pocket the Sum which he had adjudged Ma-
cf>ete> to pay.
69
Tcvo Criminals accufed one another before the
fame King : This Prince having patiently heard them
both, faidj 1 condemn this Fellow prefentfy to depart my
Jngdom t and the other to run after him.
6 4
In the Tryal of a Caufe,whereof Ariftides was Judge>
one of the Parties related feveral Abuies which the
fame Ariftides had received from his adverfe Party :
Let that pafi, laid Ariftides, lam not here to be my cwn
but yours only.
^ Marcus Aurelius faid to ibme Perfons who would keep
his Son from weeping for his Tutors death j Suffer wf
Sen to be a Man before he be an Emferour.
66
Dimjfos feeing that his Son had 'gathered a great
quantity of Gold and Silver Veflels, out of the Gifrs he
had made him s told him: I do not find in tbeea Royal Soul,
Jmcetbou bap neghttedto get th} f elf Friends by the dijlribit-
t'm of thojs Rubes.
lui
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 40
lui demand* a quel Juge ? fen appclle, ic'pondit-il, da
Philippe endormi, a Philippe mettle. Ce Mot fie i cn-
trer Philippe en lui meme; il fit derechef plaider la caufe,
& voyant en effet ion erreur, il ne cafla pas a b veritc
Ion arreft, mais il paya lui meme de ies deniers la fom-
me a laquelle il avoit condamne Machetes.
Deux Grimmels s'accufbient Tun Pautre devant ce
meme Roy : Ce Prince apres Ies avoir ecoutez patiem-
ment., dit: je condamne celui ci ^ fort ir from ft ement de
mm Rojaumey & I'autre 4 courir apresi
64
Dans une caufe ou Arifide etoit juge, une c!es Parties
rapporta plufieurs injures que ce meme Ariftide avoit re-
ceu de la partie adverfe : Pajfcz, cela 9 dit Ariflide y venex,
<M fait 'je ttefuts pas id monjuge, je ne fas qtte le votre.
Marc 'Aurek dit a quelques Perfbnnes qui vouloicnt
empecher (bnFils de pleurer la Mort de fbn Pieccpreur:
Souffrex, que inori'-FihjoitHo?nine t avant que cTetreEmpereur,
66
Denysvoyunt que fon Fils avoit amaffe une grande
quantii^ de Vafes d'Or & d' Argent des dons qu'il lui
avoit fait, il lui dit, je ne connois point en tot une Ame Roy-
ale 3 puit fjue tu M neglige 4e te faire cks avtis par la difiri-
bution 4c ces Ricbe/es,
D 4 67 Thi
41 The Wife and Ingenious
67
The fame Dionyfius asked Diogenes what Brafs he fhould
take to make himfelf a Statue : Take that, anfwered he,
of the Statues of Harmodius and Ariftogiton. Thefe
were two famous Murderers of Tyrants, to whom Sta-
tues had been ere&ed.
68
An old Soldier having a Sute at Law depending,
defined the Emperour Auguftus to come and fupporr
him with his Intereft : This Prince gave him one of
his Attendance to take care of his Bufinels ; whereupon
the Soldier was fb bold as to tell him : Sir, 7 dtd not
ttfeyou the fame way ; for when you was in danger at the
Mattel of A&ium, 1 my felf 'fought for you without a -
69
The Poet Simonides asked of Tkemifocles iomething
contrary to the Laws ; he difmift him with theie
Words: If in thy Poems tbou fbouldeft make Verfes without
Meafures, wouUeft tbou be account ed a good Poet ? And if I
fhould do Things contrary to the Constitution of the Laws }
fioutd I be amounted a good Prince*
The Ambaffadours the Athenians had fent to
being returned to Athens, commended that Prince for
his Beauty and Eloquence, and his being able to drink
much: Thefe Commendations, faid Demofthenes, are little
worthy of a King\ the firft ofthofe advantages is proper to
b* (wild to Rhetoricians, and the third to Sfmges.
Le Cowpagnott Sagt & Ingeriicttx. 42
\
67 ,
Le meme Denys demanda a Diogene quel Cuivre il
prendroit pour fe faire une Statue: Prentz,, lui rc"pon-
dit-ii, celui da Statues d'Harmodius e^ d'Ariftoglton.
C'etoient deux fameux tueurs de Tyrans qui on avoit
drefie des Statues.
68
Un ancien Soldat ayant un procez a foutenir, pru
TEmpereur Augufe de le venir lecotirir de ion credit.
Ce Prince lui donna un de ceux qui 1'accompagnoient
pour avoir loin de Ion affaire; la deiTus le Soldat fut
alTcz of e pour lui dire: Seigneur, je ne at yas ufe de let
forte a vfare egard: quand voits etiez, en danger dans Id
toi~meme, fans ebcrcbcr dt Sub(littit 9
69
Le Poete Simonide demandant a Themiftccle. quelque
choic de contraire aux Loix, il le renvoya avec ce Mot:
(t dans tes Poemes lu fat/ois des Vcn contre la mefttre 9 pafle-
rotf tu four un ben Pcete P Et fi je faifois des chafes contra ires
pla dijj>option des Loix, devroit on meftimer un ban Prince?
70
Les AmbafTadeurs que les Atheniens avoit envoye vers
"Philippe, etant retournez a Athene*, loiioient ce Prince
de fa beaute, de fon Eloquence, & de fa force a boire
bcaucoup : Ces kuanges, iCpondit Demofthene, font fort
feu dignes d'un Roy j le premier avantage eft profre aux
Femmes, le ficond aux Rbetoriciens } & le troifitme aux
fponges.
71 Bi>
4 } The Wife and Ingenious
Bim being asked whether one fhould marry a Wife,
aniwered, if you marry an ugly one, y still marry a torment'^
if you take a band font one, you'll have a common Woman*
efperately in love with Crates the
Philosopher, courted him for a Husband, and neither
her Relations, nor that Philofopher himfelf could di
fwade her from it: But t laid Crates to her, do you know
what you ars in love with ? / will be plain witkycu ; Here
is your Husband, laid he, pulling off his Cloik ; then
throwing off his Bag and his Stick : Here is, added he,
{hewing his crooked-back, my Wife's Jointure ,fee whether,
you are contented with it, and whether you can like this way
of living. She accepted of ail thole Conditions, ana
lo he married her.
75
The Hebrews fay that when a Man takes a Wifc^
he muft go down a Step ; and that to make a Friend,
he ought to go up one; becaufe the one muft protect
us, and the other be obedient to her Husband*
74
A cowardly and tinskilfulWreftler being turned Phy-
flcian, Diogenes told him : What ! have you a mind t
lay on the Ground thofe who ujed to fling you down ?
75
'Alcibiades cut off the Tail of his Dog, which was ex-
traordinary fine, and of great value ; and as the People
who law that Dog go about the Streets without a Tail,-
71 Bt-
Le Compagnon Sage 6* Ingenieux 44
71
Bion interroge s'il falloit epoufer une Femme, repon-
dit. fi vous en prenez, une laidc, vous epoitferez, un fuppttce j
fi vous en prencz, une belle vous aurcz, une Femwe publi^ne.
Hipparclia eperducment amoureule du Philofophe
Crates, le rechercha en mariage, ians qui ni les Parens,
ni ce Philofophe meme, pufient ladetourner de fa pour-
luite. Afaiij Jui die Crates, connoijjez, vous bien ce qnc
vous aimez, ? je ne veux rien e v6us cacher, voila
dit-il 6tant Ion manteau ; puis jettant Ion fac & fon
baton ; t/o//^,ajouta-t-il en raontrant fa bofle,, le Doiiaire
de ma Femme : Poyez, fl vous en etes content e } &fivous $ou~
*vez, vous accomntoder de cette fa^on de Vie. Elle acccpca
toutes ces condirions la^ & il 1'epoula.
75
Les Hebrew difent que pour prendre une Femme, il
faut delcendre un degrd ; & que pour faire un ami il
Taut en monter un ; parce qu'il faut que 1'un nous pro-
tege, & que Tautre obeifle a (on mari.
74
Un Lache & mal a droitLuitteur s'etant fait Medecin,
D*'0Ce lui-dit : He quoil vous a vez, done envie de coucher
far Terre ceux <jul vous ont renverfe?
75
Alciblade coupa la queue a (on Chien, qui etoit d'tins
beaut^ & d'un prix extraordinaire, & conime le Peu-
ple qui voyoit ce Chien marcher en cfct ccat d.ins les
won-
45 The Wife and Ingenious Companion,
wondered at the oddnefs of the thing, he faid : 1 lave
dove it with dejtgn tbat the People talking about this Trifle,
may not eenfure my more important Aft 'tons.
76
Smicytbus accufed Nicanor of fpeaking ill of Philip:
This Prince who had an efteem for Nicanor, fent for
him, and understanding that he was provoked by the
Kings not relieving his extream Indigence,, he ordered
him a Sum of Money. Some time after Smicytbus re-
lating to Philip how Nicanor proclaimed his Bounty e-
very where : Welly faid he to him, you. fee we are Ma-
pen of our own Reputation, .and that we may turn Calum^
nies into Commendations.
11
As one asked Ztno whether wife men ought not to
love : If -wife men did not love, anfivered he, nothing in
the World could be fo wretched as the Fair, fince none but
Fools fhould be in Love with them.
78
One of dgefilaus his Fiiends having found him play-
ing with his Children, and riding on a Hobby-horfe,,
ieemed to be liirprized at it ; but the King told him:
Tray tell no Body what thou fafi till tbou hast Children of
tby own.
79
Philip King of Macedon, defigning to make himfelf
Matter ofaCittadel,was told by hisSpiesthat the thing
was impoffible, by reafon that there was no way to
come at if. Is the way fo difficult 3 asked the King, tbat
* Muleladen with Gold and Silver cannot go to it ? and be-
Rues,
n Sage& Ingenleux. 46
Hues, s'etonnoit de cette Bizarrerie, il dit, je Tat fait
*fn jue k Peutle sentretenant de cette Bagatelle, tie s'arretc
point a controller met autres Actions plus import antes.
7*
Smicythus accufa Nieanor de parlcr mal de P&ilippc. Cc
Prince, qui avoic quelque eftime pour Kieanor le fit ve-
nir, & ayant appris quil etoit indigne de ce que le Roy
ne fongeoit point a foulager fbn extreme indigence, il
lui fit diftribiier quelque fomme. Peu de tems apres
Smicytbus rapportant a Philippe que Nicanor publioit par
tout ies bontez: He bier?, lui dit-il^ votts voyez,e[ue nous
fomntes Maitres de wire Reputation, & cpe nous pouvms
f banger toutes Ies Ca/ownies en Leuangcs.
77
Comma on demandoit a Zenon fi hs Sages ne de-
voient point aimer: fi Ies Sages n'aimoient point, rpon-
dit-il, // n y j auroit rien au monde de plus malbeureux tjttt Its
belles, elks ne (eroient aimees tjiit de s Jots.
78
'Agefilaiis pour joiier avec Ies enfans marchoit a cali-
fourchons fur un baton ; un de Ies Amis Is trouvanten
cet ^tit t^moigna de la lurprifc ; mais ce Roi, lui dit:
je te prie de ne rien dire a perfonne de ce jus tu vois, jufaufs
a ce (jut tu ayes des Enfans.
79
Pbilippe Roi de Macedoine ayant refolu de prendre une
Citadelle, Ies efpions lui rapporterent que cela ne is
pouvoit pas, pa ice qu'elle ccoit inacceffiblc. Le cbentm,
demanda-t-il, e(i ilfi difficile qu'on n'y puijj'e faire entrer un
mukt charge d Or & AArgtnt ? 2c couune ik iui icpon-
ing
47 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
ing anfwered no,, then, replied he, it if not impreg-
nable.
80
The Night before Darius difpos'd his Troops to the
fight, Alexander was in fo profound a deep, that it
foiled flill federal Hours after Sun-rife ; his Men fright-
ed at thaapproach of the Enemies Army, awaked him;
and as they wondered at his Tranquility : Be not fur-
frifed, faid he_, at my Jleeping fo fecurelyi Darius bat rid
me of a great many Cares, Jince by gathering this Day all
his Forces into one Body, he has given to Valour an opportu-
nity of deciding itt one fingle Battle the fortune of us both.
81
Dknjpus Tyrant of Syracufe being told that one of
his Si.bje^s had buried a Treafure in the Earthj com-
manded him to bring it to him. The Sjracufan gave
him but part of it, and having fecretly kept the other $
he went into another City, where he liv'd more plenti-
fully then he did before ; which being related toDiony-
fius, he reftored him the remainder of his Treafure.
Now, faid he, that he knows boiv to tife riehes y he deferves
to enjoy them.
8i
Tbilip King of Macedon being a Hoffoge at
Thih the Theban received liip into his Houfe^ and en-
tertained him with great Kindjieis ; fomc time after,
this Prince would have acknowledged his Benefits by
Piefents; but the generous Phito obftinately perfiiting to
refule them: O-6 ' dear Philo, (aid he, do not rob tm now
of the famour Ihmc hitherto pnfirved, of having never been
overcame in pcint of Ben* ft s.
dircnt
Le Compagon Sage d* Ingenieux. 48
dircflt que non, elle neffi done pas imprenable, repliqua-
t-il.
So
La Veille que Darius difpofa fes troupes au combat,
"Alexandre dormoit d'un fi profond fommeil, qu'il dura
encore plufieursheures.api&le levc du Soliel; fes gem,
effrayez dc 1'armce Ennemic qui s'approchoic 1 cveille-
rent, & comme ils s'econnoient de ia tranquillke : *
foyez, pas furpris, leur dit-i\ } fije dors (i faifibhmevt : Darius
nfa delivre ae beaucoHp 4efoucis } pnif^!*en remajfant anjeurd-
kui toutes fes forces en un forps, il a eLonne a la vdeur /
titojen de decider, en un combat , de touts notre fortune.
8l
Dents Tyran deSyjww/^ayant appris qu'un de (es fujrs
avoic cacW dans Terreun trefor, il lui conimanda de le
lui apporter. Le Siracufain nelui en donna qu'une partie
& en ayant retenu 1'autre fecrertement,, il s'en aila dans
une aucre ville oii il vcuc plus liberalcment qu'il n'avoic
fair. Denis 1'ayant appris, lui rendic le rcftc de (on tre-
ibr: dprefent, dit-t-ilj ^ttil ft ait bien ufcr des ricfafles, il
merite de les poffeder.
Thilippe Roy de Macedoine etant en otage a Tlxltt,
Tbilon le Tbebain le receut en ia Mai Ton, & lui fir de
grandes Amiciez. Ce Prince vouluc quelque terns ap cs
par IcsPrefens reconnoirrefesbontez, & voyanc que
le gcucreux I'bilon les refulbit f b'lincmcnc : Ah I cLcr
Philon, lui dit-il,w we derobez. pas aujourd bui la gloire ynt
faitci/jeurs juff/ues-iciconffrveeprecifH/ewent, de ne voir fcr-
fone an monde ^ui me furmwte tn mat ten de Bienfaits.
8 TAX-
49 The Wife Ariel Ingenious Companion.
8?
Taxillus King of the Indies came to meet Alexander,
and fpoke to him thus, I challenge tbte to fgbi, not with
Arm*, but Benefits ; if tbou art inferiour to me t tboufoalt
receive fome from me ; but if on the contrary tbou art more
powerful, tbou fialt honour me with thy Favours. I accept
tbe noble Challenge, anfwered Alexander, embracing him,
We jhall fee which of us two fliallget the better in Court cfy.
Thus inftead of taking his Kingdom from hioij he en-
larged the extent of it.
The Emperour Titus remembring once at Supper
that during that Day he had done no Body a kindnels :
My Friends, iaid he, 1 have loft this Day.
8?
Julius Cefar divorced his Wife Pcmpeia becaufe her
Reputation was not altogether without hlemifh, and
that fhe wasfufpefted of having an Amour with Clodius:
Clodius was accufed upon that account ; and Cefar be-
ing furamon'd to depofe againfthim, laid, he never
could find that he bad done any ill thing with hit Wtfe :
Why then did you fart from her ? ask'd iomebody j Becaufe^
anfwered he, Celars Wife ought to live with fo much re-
fer "ve as to be even beyond the reach of Calumny.
86
'Attalus upon a falfc report that his Brother Ettmenes
was dead, made himfelf Matter of the Kingdom, and
married his Widow: Some time afterjhearing that Eumc-
ms was return'd into his Dominions, he left the Crown,
and without any other Attendance than that of a pri-
83 T*&
Le Comftgnon Sage & lagenieux. 50
Taxille Roy des fates vint au devant tfAlexandre, &
lui parla en ces Termes : jt t'apfelle au Combat, non paf
des Armts mats des Bienfaits ; fitu nies inferieur, tu en n-
cevras de moy, fiau eontraire tu es le plus puijjant, tu mho-
norerat de tesfaveurs : faccepte ce noble def; repondit, A~
lexandre en rembraflant, nous verrons en Bienfaits yui de
nous PEmportera ; ainfi bien loin de le depouiller de fbn
Royaume, ilen augmenta retendue.
84
L'Empereur Titus fe fbuvenant une fois en fbupant,
que pendant ce jour la il n'avoit fait du bien a Perfbn
ne: Mes Amis t dit-il, fay perdu cette joxrmc.
Jules Cefar repudia Pompeia fa Femme, a caule que fa
reputation n'etoit pas fort honnete, & qu'on la fbupjon-
noit d'avoir commerce avec Clodim ; comme on accu-
fbit celui-ci de Crime, Cefar appell^ pour depofer con-
tre lui, ditj quil n'avoit paf reconnu tjttil eutfait aucun ntal
avec fa Femmc ; pourquojr done Pavex, vous repudtee t lui dit
on , farce que f ie"pondit-il, ilfattt qtte I'Epoufe de Cefar,
v i-ve avec tant de Adodejtie^ yu'cllefoit ntemt hors des attein-
tes de la Calontnie.
86
'Attalus fur un faux bruit que fbn Frere Eumenes ctoic
decode, s'empara de rEmpire,& mcme epoula fa veuve:
quelque terns apr&, comme il apprit qtiJSMmenes reve-
noit en fbn Royaume, il quitta la couronne, ^& fans au-
ire Equipage qu wlui d'un homme privd, $'e.o vint au
fi vatt
5 1 The Wife And, Ingenious Comy&nion.
vate Man., went to meet him. Eumenes was contented
to wifper him by way of Expoftulation: Brother > Ihope
another time you wont be jo hafty to marry my Wife befort
you have feen me buried.
87
Tompfy having found feveral important Letters front
Rome among Sertoriuis PaperSj he burnt them all un-
perus'd ; I ought, laid he, to give art opportunity of Repent-
ing , to thofe who have failed by dif obliging me.
88
'Antigomh Soldiers being angry becaufe he had made
them incamp in a very incommodious Place, (poke
ve;y faucily of him near a Tent, whera -they did not
think he was. Antigonm^ who over-heard them, con-
tented himfelf to take up the Curtain of his Tent with
a Stick, and tell them: If yeu do not go further off to rail
At me, t'll make you repent it.
'Athenodorus the Philofbpher having upon account of
his Age, got leave of Cefar Augufm to go home ; he
tokl him at parting, as an important piece of Advice .'
Sirsivheneveryou are in aPaffi'jn t remember not to do what it
f*ggtfts to you, bifore you have pronounced the four And twenty
Letters of the Alphabet*
'Augurs having mada a Law for the Trial and Pu-
nifhment of thoic that were accuied of Adultery,didno
iooner hear that a young Man had committed the
iame Crime with Julia t Daughter to that Emperour,
devans
Le CompAgtton Sage & Ingeniettx. 52
devant de lui. Euwines pour tout reproche, fe conterr
ta de lui dire a voix bafle : Une autre fits, mm Frere*
votf ne vow baterez, fat dffycufer ma Femme, a*vant q
vtttf nc m'ayex, vm enterrer.
37
Gomme entre les Papiers de Sertorius> Pomfee cut
trouve pluficurs Lettres confiderables de Rome, il Iss
brula toutes fans les vouloir lire; ilfattt, dit-il, Jonmr
woyen de fe refentir, J ctux ejut ont failli en me <te[obU<re<int.
88
Les Soldats ttAntigpnus, fachez de ce qu'il les avoit
fait camper dans un lieu fort incommode_, parloient de;
lui en des termes fort infolens pres d'une Tente ou ih
ne croyoientpas qu'il fut: Antigvnus qui les entendit, (e;
contenta de lever le rideau dela Tente avec un Baton,
& de leur dire; fivous nalltzpas plus loin J id ntedire dt
moy, je votts en ferai repeutir.
89
Le Philofophe Atlenodortts ayant, (bus pr&exte de (i
vicillefle, obtenu de Cefar Augujte la permUIion de, la
renrer chez Iby, pour avis important, illui die en pre-
nant cong^ de lui . Quandla colere THUS furprendra. Seig-
neur, fouventz, votts de nerienfaire dt ce qu'efle wous faggc-
rcra, <pfapr& avoir pvnoncelef vmgt yuatre Lettres de Al-
'Aug*fle qui avoit etabli une Loy, de la maniere ds
juger gcde punir ceux cju'on acculbit d'Adultere, n'euc
pas plutot ou'i qu'un jeune homme avoic commis le
jn?me crime avec Juli* fille de cet Empereur, qu*il le
z but
5 3 The Wife and Ingenious Comfaition.
but he ruflul upon him* and beat him vvitji great fury;
whereupon the young Man cry'd out : Cefar, you haw
made a, Law. At which Words Augttftia acknowledg-
ing his Paflion., hs contained himfelf, and was fo vex'd
at ir, that he would not eat a bit all that Day.
Si
Diogenes (aid, that to become perfeft, a Man had
need of faithful Friend?, orgreat Enemies; becaufe the
one by their good Advice, and the other by their fharp
Reproaches, made him fenfible of his defeats.
9*.
'Alexander the Great coming into ApeUets Shop, and
fpeaking improperly of fome Pi&ures that were there
expoled to view, Apelles told him frankly : Sir, as long
as you did not talk about our Art, every one here bad an ad^
miration and Rejpeft for jour Afajefty j but as foon as yott
have pretended to judge of our Works, my very Tr entices } who
grind my Colour s } could not forbear laughing.
The fame Prince being Wounded in a Fight with an
Arrow, (aid to thofe who were about him : Every one
calls me Immortal, and Son ^Jupiter : What do you tbtnk
cn't ? does not tbit wound give the lit to all tbofe flatterers ?
77:/is Blood that runs is of the fame colour with tftat.of wj
Sub jeff s } and futs me in mind that 1 am but a Man.
94
The Emperour Augufus feeling approaching Death,
told thole Friends who were about his Bed : Well* mj
Friends > ivbat think jottj lave 1 not during my Life fret ty
jetta
Le Comftgnon Sage & Jngenieux. 54
fetta fur lui, & le frappa tout furieux ; alors le jeune
Honime s'&ria : Cefar, vout avez*fait une Loy Augufte
a cc Mot, i econnoiffant ion cmportement, ie retinr,
& reffentit tant de deplaifir,qu'il ne voulut rien manger
clc tout ce jour U.
9*
Diogene difbit, qu'un homme pour devenir parfaic
avoit belbin dc fideles Amis^ ou de 'grands Ennemis ;
parce que les uns par lews bons avis, 6c les aucres par
rs reproches piquans, lui failbicnt fentii fes detauts.
j4lexandrc\Q grand ctant entrc d.insla Boutique <\'Apel~
let & parlantjen mauvais Termes de quelques Tableaux
qui y ctoient expofcz, Apelles lui dit tianchement : Sfre,
tdnt que VOMS ne parliez, yoint fie notre Art^ chacun n avoit
ifi -pour 'voire Majefte que de I admiration & du Refpecti
Mais auffi-tfit que vffw avez, voulu juger de nos Outrages,
mes Apprentifs memes, qui brojent ma Coukurs, nont fti
scmpecber de rire.
95
Le meme Prince,ayant receu un coup de Fleche dans
un Combat^ dit a ceux qui Penvironnotent : Chacun
m'appelle immortel y & Fth de Jupiter : quen dites 'vout ?
cette bltjjure ne donne t-elle paf le dementi atom ces Flatteurs
U ? ce fang qui conk n eft point d > une autre couleur qUe ctlui
de metjujetSy & tl waver fit que je ne {tut qu'un liomme.
.
L'Empereur ^g/?e,(entant que fa Mortapprochoir^
die s'addreflant 4 les Amis qui etoient autoiir de (on Lit :
Hebien t met Amif } que vow en female, n'ai-je pjt pendant >
E u'f/
5 5 The Wife and Ingenious
well afted my Tart upon the Stage of the World ? And as
every one confeft that no Man's life coukl erer be more
Illuftrious, and better govern'd than his, he added thefe
Words, which were ufually ipoke to the People after
the Play : Farewel then, my Friends, and clap Hands.
Somebody came to Socrates the Philolbpher, to tell
him ths Athenians had fentenced him to Death : Nature,
faid he,haf long face condemn'^ them to fuffer the fame pttnifc*
went as weft as I.
96
When King Philip came with his Army into the Pe-
Joponefus, one told Damidas, that in cafe the Lacedemo-
nians did not make their Peace with him, they muft
fuffer a great deal: You Co-ward, anfwered he, What
<m thofe Menfujfcr who are not afraid of Death ?
97
One told Anaclarf* that the Ship he was in was but
four Inches thick : Then, faid he, we are within f$ur t
Inches of Death.
98
Stratonicus being asked what fort of Ships were fafeft^
anlwered : Thef^ejt are thofe that are taken out of the Sett
and laid up on firm Land.
99
The Emperour Tfari** feldom changed the Officers^
Governours and Magistrates of his JEmpire, and being
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingeniettx. 5 6
ina vie^ affeZ, bitn j cue men Ptrfctmage fur le Theatre e?n
Monde? Et comme ductin avoiia que jamais vie tie
pouvoit ecre plus illuftre, & mieux conduite que la fi-
ttnne, il ajouta ce Mot, qu'on avoit coutume de dire
au Peupte aprs la Comedie : Actim donc t wes dms,
frappez, 4es Mains.
95
Quelqu'un vint dire au Philofbphe Socratej que les A-
tbeniens I'avoient condamne a la More : // y a long terns,
dit-il, que I* Nature les a cpndantnez, a, la meme ptine aujfi
btm e>ue may.
96
Lorfque le Roy Philippe entra avec fba Arm& dans
les Terres du Pelopcnefe, quelqu'un die a Damidas> q. i
fi les Lacedemoniens ne rentroient en grace avcc lui, i!b
auroient beaucoup a ibuifrir ; He Poltron^ rcpor>Jic-i),
yue fwveitt fouffrir ceux epi m crwgnent point
97
On dit a Antcharfis, que le Navire qui le portoit n'a-
voit que quatre doigts d'epaiflfcur : Nous nefowmti done,
dit-ilj eloignez* de la Mart jue de quatre doigts*
Stratomcus ^tant interrog^ quelte forte
^toient les plus leurs, il re"pondit : les plus fears font ctux
yfon a tire de la Mer en tcrreferwe.
99
L'Empereur Ttbere changeoit rarement TesOfficierSjIcs
GouverneurSjSc les Magiiirats de fbn Empire, & quand
4 asked
57 The Wife gnd Ingenious Companion.
asked the reafon, he anfwered : When flits Are full tbej
dorft fting fo much as they did before.
100
A Painter (hewing an ill Figure,, bragg'd that he
had finifli'd it in a very little Time : you need not left
us of it) faid Apelles, your Pi&ure Jfieaks it flanly emugb.
101
Melaxthxt hearing thePhilofopher Gorgias exhort in
Publick the Grecians to Concord; Tbts ts a fine"' Man in-
deed, laid he, t bus to endeavour to perfwade all tbefe Gre-
cians to that Peace and Unity which he cannot fettle at home
betwixt himjdf, fa Wife and his Maid.
101 X
Demetriuf Pbalereus ufed t^ exhort Ttoloweus to gather
Books about Civil and Military Politicks: Becaufe } laid
he, Kings 'will fnd in fuch Books thofe Things that their
Friends dare not to tell them. To whiih purpole dlfbonftts
King cRAra<ro faid : Books are the Cotmfellors I like bett^
y tu not c;;er fear or Hope that will binder them to teS me
what I ought to Jo.
Dionyfta the Tyrant had made great Promifes to an
excellent Mufician, who liing before him, and as the
Mufician found that they came to nothing^ he com-
plain'd to the Tyrant, who anfwer'd him : Friend.,
What reafon baft thou to complain ? If aid thee the fame way
as thou fcrvedft me ; Tlou baft tickled my Ear with fleajmg
ftckj and I have entertain d thee with the Pteafure offatr
s, andfi we are quits.
Le Comf&gnon Sage & Ingenieux. 58
on lui en demandoit la raifbn, ilrepondit: quand Us
Moucbesjont faoules Belles nepiquent f Ins f. fort
100
Un Peintre montrant un mauvais Tableau,fe vantoit
de 1'avoir acheve en fort peu de terns : tu nas que faire,
dit Apettesy de notts en avertir, ton Tableau le Jit aflez,.
101
Melantlus entendant le Philofbphe Gorgiat exhorter
publiquement les Grees a la Concorde : Get homme a bon-
ne Grace, dit-il, de vouloir ferfuader a tow ces Grecs la.
Patx & FUnton, quit ne faurolt etablir cbez, [oy entre lui'
y fa Femme &f* Servante.
Demetrius Tlahretts avoit coutume d exhorter le Roy
"Ptolomee de ramafler des Livres qui traicafient de la Po-
litique Civile &: Militaire,, Parce yue^ diibit ilj les Rots
trou'vent dans ces Litres des cbofes dont leuri Amis noferoi-
ent leur parler. Alpbonjc Roy ft Ar agon difoic acefujet:
Les Livres font les Confeillers qui me plaifent d'awntage :
la crainte ; fefterance ne les empechent point de me dire ce
yue je dois faire.
10;
Denys le Tyran avoit fait de grandes promeflfes a un
excellent Muficienqui avoit chante devantlui^ & com-
me le Muficien vid qu'elles n'eroient iiiivies d'aucun ef-
fet, il le plaignit au Tyran, qui lui repondit: Dequoi te
flains tu, man Ami ? je t J ai paye de la meine forte quc tu
m'as fervi : tu mas cbatouille I'oreille par le plaijir de la
JMuJt6[uc } & mot je t'ai fait gouter le platjtr des belles EJj>e-
raficcs j aivji notts voila yuittes.
One
59 The Wife And Ingenious CompAniort.
104
One of the Ancients laid; That tie Great ones ufd all
tbetr endeavours to loft the ufe tf their Hands and Feet) be'
cattfe they get others to drefs and carry them.
105
Diogenes wrote upon the Foot of a golden Statue
which the Curtezan Thine had ere&ed to Venus, in the
Temple of Delpbos, thefe Words: The hcortinenc} oftbt
Grecians bos raud this Statue.
'Adrian the Emperour ask'd Epittetut why tfmuv was re*
preiented Naked : Becaufe, aniwered he,, She /rips tbofk
Men of every thing who court her Pleafures too ntttcb.
107
Vefyafan finding himfelf dying, to ridicule the filly
Cuftom of the Heathens in thole Times, (who rank'd
the Emperours among the Gods, after they were dead)
laid, I feel 1 become a God.
loS
Portia the Wife of Brutus, gave her felf a great wound
with a Knife, the Night before Ctfar was to be mur-
der*d by hr Husband, and laid to thole who ask'd her
how that Misfortune was befalkn her: 1 did it onpurpofe,
to try with what Resolution Ijkallfuffer that Death Ifrepare
U mj {elf, if the defign of the Co*Jf>irators mifcarrtes.
109
Ufictetus a Slave of EpapbroJites, one of Nero's Officers,
having one Day received from him a great blow on
Un
Le Compagnon Sage & Jngenieux. 60
104
Un Ancien difoit , q<te le$ grands faifoient tout leur pof.
ftle, apn de perdre Fufage des Tieds & des Mains, p
qu'ils fefont chauffer, bahiller, & porter par Its autres,
Diogene ecrivit for le pied d'une Statue d'Or que la
Courtiiane T?brym avoit prefentee a^enus dans le Temple
de Delphes 3 ces Mots : I 'Incontinence ties Grecs a drefft
tttte Statue.
106
L'Empereur AJrien demandoit a Epi&tte pourquoion
reprefentoit Venus toute nue : C'eftjQpowMt-iljarce qtielle
depoutlle de tons les biens ceux epn rechercbent trop fit Plat/irs,
107
Vefyapen qui fe fentoit mourir, difoit en fe moquant
de la fotte coutume des Payens de ce tems-la, qui met-
toient les Empereurs,, apres leur Mort, an nonibre des
Dieux : je fens bien cpte je devietos Diet*.
1 08
Portia, Femme de Brutus, fe fit une grande plave aveC
un Couteau^ la veille que Cefar devoit etre aflaffin^ par
Ion mari, & dit a ceux qui lui demandoient comment
ce nulheur etoit arrive : je fat fait a deffein d'effzycr avec
ejuelle conftance je pcurrai fouffrir la Mort queje me prepare,
ft le deffem des Conjure*, went a manyuer.
109
Epittcte Efclave d'Epapbrodite, Officier de Neron 3 1-
yant un jour receu de lui un grand coup fur la jambe,
on
6 1 The Wife and Ingenious
on his Leg, told him coldly: Pray have a care you
break my Leg. But that cruel Man redoubles his \ : --\v
with fuch forcSjthat he broke his Shin-bone : I
then Epiffftus irniling, did not 1 tell you you wire -Ufa to
break my Leg ?
no
Antipater having defeated King Agis, demanded fifty
Lacedemonian Boys^ as Hoftages to iecare his Conqueff.
Etheocles, who then was Epbdrut, anfwered : That be
would give him no Boys, left being no more under the Spar-
fan Difcipline, they fooitld contra ft vicious Inclinations ; but
that they were ready to give him double that number of eld
Men and Women.
An Jonian Woman made a (hew of a piece of Work
very rich, and well wrought, but a Lacedemonian /hew-
ing four Children whom (he had well brought up : Tbefe,
laid (he, are the Workt that a Virtuous Lady ought to va-
lue her felf upon.
ill
The Emperour Tueodofius committing his Sons to be
inftru&ed by the learned Arfenius, told them: Children,
if you take care to ennoble your Souls with Virtue and Know-
ledge, I will leave you my Crown with Pleafure ; but if you
negleft that, I bad rather fee you loofe the Empire, than haz-
avd it into the Hands of thofe that are unfit to govern it :
! 2tt better ywflwuld fuffer the lofs ef ' it } than occajion its ruin.
.
Philip was told that his Son Alexander complained of
his getting many other Children by different Women,
lui
Le QomfAgnon Sage & Ingtnieux. ' 6%
Uii <lk froidement : Trenez, garde, je vow prie de ne me fat
cafftr la.jambe. Mais ce cruel redoubla ion coup d'une
telle force qu'il lui brifa 1'Os : Hebien t lui dit alors E-
piSiete en fouriant., tte <vcus Favoisje fas dit <p< vousjcuitz,
a me cajj'er lajambe?
no
dntipater, apres avoir vaincu le Roy Agis, demanda
pour feurete de fa cpnqucce cinquante Entans Lactf!emo~
niens enotage. Etbeocles, qui alors etoit Epbore, repon-
dit, Qttil ne lui donneroit point d'JLnfans, de crainle c^ue tfe-
tant plusfoumis a la Discipline de Spai te, ils ne contraftaf
ftnt dc vicieufes Inclinations: Mats tpiih etoientpretsde Uur
donner le double de t^ieillards 3 & de Femmes.
ill
Une Femmc Jonienne faifbit parade d'un ouvrage de
Main fort riche & bien travaill^ : Mais une Lacedemo-
nienne fiifant paroitre quatre Enfans qu'elle avoit fort
lagement elevez : Voila, dit elle, let Outrages dont ttnt
Dame Vcrtueufe dvit tirer la veritable gloire.
Il^
L'Empereur Tkeodofe donnant fss Enfans au fivant
Arfenitu, pour lesinirruire., leur dit: Mes Enfans, /JVOMS
a-Vez, foin d'ermobltr <vos antes de la vent* & de la Science t
je vous latfferai avec platfir ma Courorme : Mais ft vous le
mgligez, t j'aimcrois mieux vctts voir perdre I'Empire, qtte de
It haz,arder a la cmduite de gens incapable j; il vaut wieux
quc vous en fouffriez. la perte } t^ue de le miner.
Thilippe apprit que (on Fils Alexandre (e plaignoir de ce
qu'il engendroir pluficurs Enfans de divcrfcs Fcmmcs :
where-
"$ The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
whereupon hefpoke thus to him : Sines thou (eeft-, Alexan-
dGrjbat thou baft fever al Competitors in the Empire jndeavottr
to become fo good and fa brave, that thou mafft obtain the
rather by thy Merit than my favour.
114
After the defeat of Pontpey the Great,, the Troops
which followed Scipio into Africa, having run away,
Cato, who faw the Vi&ory "in Cefar's Hands, killed
himfelf out of fpite: Cefar having receiv'd the news of
his Death, cried out: Oh! Cato, I envy thy Death, fince
tkeu h/tft envied me the Honour of giving thee thy Life.
'I*
Socrates having for a long time endured his Wifes
brawling, went out of his Houfibj and fat down before
the Poor, to rid himfelf of her Importunity. This
Woman enrag'd to find that all her Scolding was not
able to diftnrb his Tranquillity, flung a Chamber-pot-
full upon his Head. Thofe that happened to lee it
laughed at poor Socrates ; but that Philosopher told them
fmiling : I thought indeed after fo much Thunder wt Jhould
bavefome Ram.
J
116
Zeuxis contending with Parrkafas about the Excel-
lence of their Pictures, drew fome Grapes (b much to
the Life> that Birds came to peck at them. As for Par-
haflus he expofed to view a Curtain Ib well done_, that
proud of the fucefs of his Work, .told him hafti-
ly, that 'twas not a time to hide his Figure, and of-
fered to draw the Curtain himfelf; but perceiving his
Miftake: Well* faid he, 1 have done with thee ; I only
tbeattd Birjs 4 but thw haft cheated the Painter byafelf.
n Sage & Ingtnleux. 64
la deffus il lui parla ainfi ; Puis e^ue tit vois, Alexandre,
qtte tu as flujicitrs Concurrent F Empire, fais en forte que tu
aevienncs fi bonnet e & Ji brave, que tttpttijjes obtentr le
Rojaumc far ton msrite, flutot que par mafaveur.
114
Apr& la defaite du Grand Pompe'e, les Troupes qui
faivoient Scipion en Afriquc ayant pi is la fuite, Catm qui
voyoit Ccfar Vidorieux (e tua de depic: Cefar appre-
nant la Mort s'ecria : Ab\ Caton, je ptrtc wvu a ta
t; fuis <}ne tu m/u envie la glair e dete dmntr la Pie.
Socrate, apres avoir long terns fbuffert la Criaillerie dc
fa Femme, fortit de fa Maifon, & s'affit dev.int la porte
pour (e delivrer dc Ion importuriite ; cette femme in-
dign^e de voir que tous les cris n'ctoient point capa-
blcs d'^branler la tranquil lite, lui verfa fur la tcte un
Pot de Chambre. Ceux qui apperceurent-cettc Adion
le rioienc du pauvre Socrate ; mais ce Philolbphe lou-
riant auffi, leur dit : je me Joutois bienqu apres un fi grand
Tennerre nous aurions de la Pluje.
116
Ztux'u difputant avec Parrbafas de 1'excellence de
leurs Tableaux, peignit des Raifms fi fort au Naturel,
que les Oileaux venoient les bsqueter. Parrba/ius de Ion
core expofa en vue un rideau fi bien-fait ,, que Zeuxit
enfle du fuccez de Ion ouvrage, lui dit impatiemrnent,
que ce n croic pas la le terns de cacher fon Tableau, &
voulut tirer le rideau lui meme, mais appercevant fon
Erreur: Ah I lui dit il, jeteyuitte$ je riai trompe ym
fa OifeanXj & tu v trowpe le Peintre mm*.
Ten-
6 5 The Wife and. Ingenious
117
Pericles being acculed for laying out the Publick Re-
venues upon Buildings, Publick Ornaments, and Of-
ferings to the Gods: Wtll you give me leave, faid he, to
the People, to get mj name ingraved ttpm all tbofe things
inftead of yoursy and til be at the charge oftbe.m out of my
own Pocket. At which Words^ the People out of a
point of Honour, refuted to accept his Propofal, and
permitted him to go on with his Magnificence in ths
Name of the People.
118
Some Romans wondered that Cefar (hould continue
perpetual Dictator, by which he ieemed to affect Mo-
narchy ; whereas Sjll* had renounced that Title, to
whom Cefar anfwered : Do not wonder at that,Syl\n could
not nad well, and fo was not able to diftatt long.
119
Dionyfius the Tyrant of Sicily caufed the Statue of
Jupiter Qlympius to be ftripped of a Cloak of maflive
Gold, worth above fifty thoufand Crowns,, and in,
ftead of that gave him one of Wool, faying This Clock
is too Cold in Winter, and too heavy in Summery we mujt
take care 0/Jupiter, this Woollen one will ft him much fat-
ter.
120
The fame King cauiedin Efidauri* the golden Beard
of ^Efculapius to be plucked off: It is neither becoming
nor rational, laid he, to refrefent ^fculapius the Son
wiib a long Beard, while (t we fee by him Apollo hit Fa-
ther with a finwtb & beardlefs Chin.
Peri-
Lt QompAgnon Sage 6" Ingenkux^ 66
117
Comme on accufbit Pericles de de*penler les Deniers
publics en Batimens, en Decorations publiques., &; eii
offrandes qu'il faifbit aux Dieux : voulez, votis permettre i
dit-il au Peuple., qttejefajfe graver far toittes ces cbefes-U
nton mm en la place dti *v^tre y fen payerai la depenfc de
mes propres Deniers. A ce Mot, Ie Peuple pique d'hon^
neur, refufa d'accepter fa Propofition, & lui permic
de continiier fes magnificeaces au nom du Peuple.
118
Quelques Romains trouvant ^trahge que Cefar de-
meurat Di<5tateur perpetuel, en quoi il fembloit affec-
ter la Royautc,, vu que Sylla avoit quitte cette qualite-
la, Cefar leur repondit : Ne voui etonnez, fas d* cela t
Sylla wft&Hfat bien Hre 3 il ne pouvoit fas difter longtemsj
119
Deny*, Tyran de Sicite, fit oter de deflus la Statu
de Jupiter Oljmfien, uri manteau d'Or maffif, qui
valoit plus de cinquante mille 6cus, & au lieu de ce-
lui-la'j il lui en donna un ds Laine, diOint : Ce manteart
eft trap froid en Hjver, & trop lourd en Ete t il faut avoir
foin de Jupiter^ celui de Laine lui fera bien pltts comniods.
120
^ Ce meme Roy fit dans Epidaxre arracher iine Barbc
d'Or qui etoit au menton d'Efcttlape : II n eft par, dit-il,
de la bienfeance ni elx bonffns, de reprefenter Eleulape fls
ttnc longtte barbe, pendant qifon voic auprh de lui A-
ufon Pertj fans unfeulpoil aa menton.
6j The Wife And Ingenious
in
A Roman Knight,who was above two Hundred thoir
fand Crowns in debt, and yet enjoyed his Pleafure,
and lived in great Tranquillity, being dead, the Em-
perour Auguftus commanded that when his Goods were
Sold, his Bed fhould be bought for him, adding this
Reafbn : That mttft needs be the befi Bed in the World,
ftnce be who was Jo dee fly indebted could repofe in it fo long
at his eafe.
Ha
Alexander the Great fent a Hundred Talents as a
Prefent to Phocioit. This Man asked thofe that brought
it, wfiy Alexander fent this Prefent to him alone, a-
mong fb many Perfons that were in Athens : Becaufe,
anfwered they, the Athenians efteem you the wife ft man
among them: Why then, reply ed he, will be not juffer me
to keep that Quality, and why does be defire me to ceaje to
be wife by acctp'mg bis Prefents ?
llj
Cato ofUtica, perceiving that Cefar had filled the
Temple of C*/?or, and the Market-place with armed
Men againft him : What A great Coward, faid he, is
Cofar, thus to ermfo many Soldiers against ont jingle Man.
114
O ie of Artaxerxes's OfBcers asked anunjuft thing
in : The King being informed that he was promp-
ro do it only upon a Promife of a great Sum
of Money ., ordered the like Sum to be brought
to him, and prefemed him with it, faying, Take
thti Money Friend: this Gift cannot make me poor ; but
fioxld I grant thjrejueft, Ifmld bwwe very ttnjujt.
Ill
Le CompAgnon Sage & Ingenietix. 68
in
Un Chevalier Rotnain, qui charge* de plus de deux
cens mille e*cus de Dettes ne laiffoit pas de metier une
Vie delicieufe & tranquille, etant decece*, TEmpe-cur
Augttfle commanda qu'on lui achetat fon Lit, cuand
on vint a vendre fes Meubles, difant pour raifon : Ilfaut
que ce foit le meilleur Lit dtt Monde, puifque celui qui etoit
accable de tant de dettes a pu fi long tews y repofcr a fin
*ife.
Alexandre le grand envoya cent Talents en prefenfc
a Pbocion. Celui-ci demanda a ceux qui les apportoient
pourquoi Alexandre adrefloic ce prefent a lui leul, entrc
tant de Perfbnnes qui etoient a Athenes C'eft, lui -
pondirent-ils, parce que ks Atheniens t'eftimcnt etre le flits
Sage d'entrettx : Que ne me laiffe t-il Jonc t repliqua-t-il, con-
fervcr cette qualite, & pourquoi vent il quen accept ant fes
' ceJJ'e d'etre Sage ?
11?
Caton dUtijue, voyant que Cefar avoit rempli le i em 1 -'
pie de Caftor, & la place publique, de gens armez con-
trelui: O c^ue Cefar, dit-ilj eft un grand ~Poltron } d'armer
tant de Soldats centre unfeul botnme !
114
Ufl Officier tfArtaxerxes lui faifbit une injufte de-
mande. Le Roy etant inform^ qu'il n'etoit porte a U
faire que parce qu'on lui avoit promis une grande
(bnime d'Argent, fe fit apporter une pareille loin-
me, &c k lui prefertta fin lui difmt: Prens cet Ar-
gent l, rtton ami, ce don ne fattroit fnappauvrir ; matt
(fje t\tccor4o% ta demandc, je deviendrou tres injufe.
F % 12
69 The Wife and
115
'Ariftipps gave fifty Drachms for a Partridge, and as
fome hociy cenfured fuch an Expence in a Philofbpher,
Ariftifpus told him, would you not buy it if it coft but
a Farthing ? he anlwered, whh all my Heart: Well y
replied Aripiff>u$ 3 ffy Drachms are no more to me than
a Farthing.
1 16
The fame Arifippus beggid a Favour of King Diony-
fius for one of his Friends,, and not being able to obtain
it, he caft himfelf at his Feet, with defign to embrace
them, and pray himj as he loved to be entreated.
Some body found fault with this A&ion, as unworthy
of a Philolbpher ; to whom he pleafantly anfwered :
Toff ought not to lay the blame upon we, but upon King Di-
onyfmSj who carries his Ears at his Feet*
The Ambafiadors ofGreete grumbling becaufe King
Philip flept in the Day-time, and made them wait too
long for an Audience : Do not wonder > Gentlemen, laid
Tarmtnio, if he jleefs wbilft yon wake, for wbilft yet*
flept be was awake. Giving them to underftand, that
his Matter had got the ftart of the Grecians, whilft
their divifions hindred them from minding their owrt
Affairs.
1 18
Mecenas (eeing Augujlus in the Senate Houfe ready
to pais Sentence of Death upon a great many Perfons,
and not being near enough to advile him to mode-
rate his ieverity, he flung a Note to him, at the open-
& Ingwiettx. 70
'Ariftippe avoit fait acbeter une Perdrix cinquante
Dragmes, & quelqu'un condamnant une telle depenfe
en un Philofbphe, Ari/lippc lui dit, ne 1'acheteriez vous
pas fi ellc ne coiicoit qu'une Obole ? il lui repondit,tres
volontiers: Et a mot, repartit Ariftippe, cinyuante Dragmes
m font pas plus yuttne Obole.
116
Le nieme Aripippe demandoit au Roy Denys uns
grace pour un de fes Amis, & ne pouvant Tobtenir, il
TQ jetta a fes pieds, 5c les embraffa pour le prier en la
maniere qu'il aimoit a etre prie. Quelqu'un lui repro-
chant cettq adion, comme indigne d'un Sage, il ipon-
dit plaifamment : Lafaute ne men doit fas etre impure,
ntatj au Roy Denys, qui met jet Oreilles a fes Pieds.
117
Les Ambaffadeurs de la Grece voyant le Roy Thilhpe
dormir pendant le jourj murmuroient de ce qu'il tar-
doit trop aleur donner Audience:'^ vous etonnez paf,
AdeffieurSy leur dit Parrnenion, til dort tandis <jue votts <ueil-
Jez,, car pendant que vous dormiez, Us veilloit. II vouloic
leur faire entendre que Ion Maitre avoit pris les avan-
tages fur les Greet, pendant que les Divifions les empe-
choient de longer a leurs Affaires.
118
Mecenas voyant Augufe dans le fenat prct ds condara-
ner a la Mort un grand nombre de Perfonnes, & no
pouvant s'approcher atfez pres, pour Tavertir de mode-
rer la Ieverit6, lui jetta un billet, a 1'ouverturc dwqucl
F 3 ing
7 1 The Wife and Ingenious CompAio.
ing of which Augufus found thefe bold Words : Rife,
Butcher, and come out of that Place* Attguftus,, who
K:iew his Affection to him, was not in the teaft offend-
ed, but on the contrary commended this extream Li-
berty.
119
Ditnyptts the Tyrant ask'd Arifip$its t what made Phi-
lofophers make their Court to Rich Men, and Rich
Men never vifit Philofbphers : Becauje, anfwer'd he,
Philofopbers know their wants 3 but Rich Men are not fen-
fib le of theirs.
130
One who was declaiming againft Philofbphers, laid,
that for all the contempt they ex pr eft for Riches, yet
they were always to be feen at the Rich Mens Doors :
1 don't wonder at tt s anfwered Ariftifpits, for Phyficians
are 'very ajjiduous in wi/iting their Patients at their Houses :
90 body had rather be a Patient than
The fame M/ipptu being a Ship-board, and' finding
that the Ship belonged to fome Pirates, began to count
his Money, and dropt it on purpofe into the Sea ; and
then with counterfeit Groans made the reft believe
that it flipt by chance out of his Hands. By this dex-
terous piece of Policy he avoided the danger to which
his Life was expos'd ; which made him fay with a low
Voice as he was dropping of it: '7*r better IfhottU loft
ibee; than tbott be the occafi&n of my
Le QompAgnon Sage & Ingenieux. 72
Attgufte trotiva ces Paroles hardies: Ltve-toi Bourreau ) &
firs fie la ; Augupe qui connoiflbit ion affeftion ne s'en
bffenfa pas, mais au contraire eftima cette exceffive
Liberte.
Denys le Tyran demandoit a Arifttyt t d'ou vient que
les Philoibphes venoient faire la cour aux Riches, & que
les Riches, n'alloient point vifiter les Philoibphes ? CVy?,
icpondit-il, <^ue les Pbilofophes connoijjent /curs Befiins _, &
e^ue les Richts ne fenlent point les lettrs.
130
Une Perfonne, deckmant contre les Philofophes, di-
fbit que quelques rpepris qu'ils montraffent pour Jes Ri~
chefles,, on ne iailToit pas de les voir toujours aux Portes
des Riches. Je ne nt'en etonne pas, icpondit Ariftippe t
les Medecins font ajfidus a vifiter leurs Maladet dans leitrs
Maifow, totttefois Perfonne n aimer oil mieux etre
ue Afedecin.
Cc meme Ari/tippe s'etant embarque &: ayant recon-
nu que le VailTcau apparcenoit a des Pirates, ie mic a
comer ion Argent^ & le Uifla comber a deflein dans la
Mer, faifaat croire par dc feints gerniflemens qu'il lui
ctoit echappc des Mains ians y penfer.ll cvita par ce tour
adroit 'le danger ou fa Vie ^toit expose, cequi lui fit
dire a voix baffe en le jettant : // vaut mieux <}tte j e te
perde, *[uefi tit hois caufe de ma perte.
F- 4
7J The Wife and Ingenious CompAniottl
The Samnites, laden with Riches, which they cams
to offer to Marius Curias their Conquerour, found him
oufy about cooking of Turneps for his Dinner. He"
.;fas'd their Prelents, and told them for his Reafbn:
-/ Man who can be contented with fo course a Fare> has but
~:tle cccafion e itherfor your Gold or Silver.
being asked which was moft to be defired,
t her Riches or Wifclom : lam, anlwered he, very
in doubt about it ; for I fee a great many Wifimen
wake their Court to the Rich.
134
King Vyrrhus taking notice that his Son us'd his Sub-
je&s with too much Pride and Severity, rebuk'd him
in fhefe Words, I perceive well enougfy, my Son, by your
haughty way of Proceeding, that you are ignorant that the
Rojal Dignity is but a creditable Slavery.
135
"Philip was asking King Antigonus his Father, before
feveral Perfbns, when he defign'd to decamp. The
King fiirpriz'd at his Sons indifcretion, which was like
to difclofe a defign he had a mind to keep lecret : What,
faid he to him, are you afraid to be the only Man that fhall
not hear the found of the Trumpet 3 whieb is to give you no-
tice of it.
As one was fliewing Diogenes the Vows fix'd in one
of the Temples of the fails- Gods, by fuch as had e
Lss
JLf CompAgnQtt Sage & Iflgenieuy.
ites chargez de richefies qu'ils venoient oflrir
a Marius Curiu* leur vainqueur/ le trouverent occupe
a faire cuire des Navets pour fon diner. II refufa leurs
prefens, & leur dit pour raifbn : Un bomme yuife content e
d'une Ji tnaigre cbere, na faf grand befoin de vfore Or, m
Je vfore Argent.
Simonide interrog^ ce qui etoi; le plus a fbuhaiter, les
richefles ou la fagefle ? Je fuis t i epondit-il, fort en
doute la deffys : je vois betwcoitp de (acres r uenlr faire la cour
*.-! /'> I
aux Rtcbes:
Le Roy Tyrrbus voyant ion Fils qui traitoit fes fu/ets
avec trop de fiert^ & derigueur, le reprit en ces termes:
Je voi bien, mon Fils, A votre maniere arrogaute d'agfr, que
vous ignortz> t ^ue la dignite de Roy ef um fervitude bonno-
rabk.
135
Tbilippe demandoit au Roy Antigonus Ion Pcre, en
prefence de plufieurs Perfbnnes, quand il vouloit de-
camper : Ce Roy lurpris de 1'indifcretion de fon Fils,
qui alloit decouvrir un deflein qu'il vouloit tenir fecrec :
quoi done, lui dit-il, craignez, vow d'etre le feul e[m nen-
tcxdiez, j>as le fan de la Trompette, ^ui vous en doit aver*
Comme on faifoit voir a Diogene les voeux attachez
en un Temple des faux Dieux, par ceux qui etoient c-
, ' cap-
7 5 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
caped the Dangers of the Wars, the Sea, or Sicknels,
this Philolbpher, ridiculing their Superfti don ^ anfwer-
ed : There would be a much greater number of them, ifthofe
that have penjhed in tkofe Dangers had fent their Prefentt
tnftead ofthofe that have been jawed front them.
w
A Man who had been inftrumental in making King
"Philip Mafter of the City of Oljntbia, of which he
was a Citizen., complained to him that thofe of La-
cedenton call'd him Traitor : Do not wonder at it, laid
that King, the Lacedemonians are naturally
<md downer, they call all things by their Names.
1,8
One asked Diogenes the Cynick, which way he might
be revenged of his Enemy : the left way, aniwored he,
is to make thy felf illuftrious bj thy Virtue, thus thou (halt
gain a great advantage to thy {elf, and ctvfe a great vex*
at ion to thy Foe.
Cato the Elder, refle^ing upon the eager defire of
ieveral Romans, of indifferent Merit, of having Statues
erected to them : JT hat much rather, laid he, that Peo-
flefhottld ask. why no Statues were raifed to Cato, than that
tbej jbould ask why they have been raifed to him.
140
King fyrrhtts having beat the Romans in two Battles,
wherein he had loft a gieat many of his Men, faid
to his Friends : If I win a third battel at the fame rate t
we are undone without hopes of Recovery.
chap.
Le CompagnoH Sage & Ittgenieux 76?
:happez aux perils de la Guerre., de la Mer, & de la
Maladie, ce Philofbphe raillant Icur Superftition, re-
pondit : 11 y en auroit un bienplys grand nombre, ficeux
font peris en ces dangers la av&ient envoye hurt prefexs,
tut lieu de ceux t[ui en out ete delivrex,.
Un Homme qui avoit contribiie a rendre le Roy
'bibppe Maitre de la Villc tfQfyritte^ dont il etoit Ci-
oyenj fe plaignit a lui que ceux de Lacedemone 1'appel-
oient Traitre : Ne vous etonnez, pas de cela, dit ce Roy :
es Lacedemoniens de leur Na} itrel font rufres & groffitrsi
Is appellent toutes cbofcs par leur nont.
Quelqu'un demandoit a Diogene le Cyniquc,Ie moyen
le lebien venger de fbn Ennemi : C^y?_, lepondit-il, de
e rendre illuftrepar ta vertu 5 tu te procurer as ainfiun grand
vantage, & un grand deplaifir a ton Ennemi.
Caton I'aini, confiderant rempreffement deplufijiiri
lomains, depeu de merite, a ie faireeriger des Statues;
^ainte bien mieux, difbit-il, quon demande pourquoi on ria.
ws sieve des Statues d Caton* <%ue Ji on demandoit pourquoi
n lit} en (i drejjd.
140
Le R^oy Pyrrbus, api :> avoir gagne centre les Romains
deux JBatailles ou il avoit perdu beaucoup ds Monde.,
dit a fes amis: Si je gagm encore de mtme unc trcifcmc
Bataille nous (omwes perdus fans resource.
141
77 Th* Wife find Ingenious Companion.
141
fyatmnondat viewing the fiimptuous Preparations \
which were making for a Feaft in a Sacrifice, to which ,
he had been invited, he went his way, and faid : / am
called to a Sacrifice, and 1 fnd my [elfin a Debauch.
14*
The Captain Chabrias faid, That an Army of Harts
'commanded by a Lion, is more formidable than an Army ,
of Lions commanded by a Han.
A Cripple going to the Wars, fome People that faw
him walk, laughed at his defign : Do not -wonder at me y
faid he to them, / do not go to the Wan with defign to run
away, but to encounter the Enemy 3 and die in the fame Rank
wherein I fhall be placed.
144
King Philip feeing his Son Alexander extream a&ive
and nimble, encouraged him to run a race in the Olym-
fick Games: Iwould willingly undertake it, anfwered he.,
ifthofe that were to run with me for the prize were Kings.
In the War which Marius was waging againfl: the
Tetftones, his Soldiers complaining of extream Thirft,
he {hewed them a River that was very near the Enemies
Camp ; Thither^ laid he, yon muft go to quench your
Third.
Le Comptgnw Sage & Ingentettx. 78
141
Epaminondas voyant Pappareil fbmptueux dun Feftin
qui le faifoit en un iacrifice ou on 1'avoit invite, il fe re-
tira, difant: On mappelle aunSacrifce, & je me trou-vt
nm Debaucbe.
I 4 a
Le Capitaine Cbabrits diibit, qiiune Armee Je Cerfs
conduite par un Lion eft plus formidable qifune Arms dt
Lions commanded far un j
Un Boiteux allant a la Guerre, quelques-uns qui le
voyoient marcher^ fe rioient de Ion deffein: Ne vans
etonnez,fas t leur dit-i! 3 je ne vats fat a la Guerre a Jejffeht
dc fttir t man pour faire tete aux EnnctntSj & mourtr 4ant
le meme rang OH Von rnaura place.
144
Le Roy Philippe voyant Ion Fils Alexandre extreme-
ment fbuple & agile, 1'excitoit a combattre a la courfe
dans les jeux Olym fifties : Je le ferois volonticrs, lui r6-
pondit-ilj ft ccux yui we difj>uteroient le prix efoicnt dei
145
Dans la Guerre que Marias fit aux Teutons, les Sol-
dats fe plaignant d'une extreme Ibif, il leur montra un
Fleuve qui etoit fort proche du Camp des Ennemis:
Ceft Ia 3 leur dit-ilj qSil votis faut afar eteindre v$tr$
foif.
79 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
As one WAS difuading Marcus Brutus from fighting,
he laid : What harm can 1 get by it? 1 can but rvcrcoms
or die. And as Ibme adviled him after his defeat to
fave himfelf by flight : A Man, fa id he, ought to favt
liny felf with his Hands, and net 'with his Feet.
*47
King Agis, feid : One ottght never to ask how
fat where the Enemys are.
hearing that Alexander having conquered
the belt part of the World, was at a lofs how to
fpend the remainder of his Days,, he was furpriz'd at
that Thought : Wbj y laid he, was Alexander then ig-
norant that the weU governing a conquered State, if a more
important Employment than the making of new Conyue/ls ?
149
The Beginnings tRAugKf*s\ Reign were fatal to the
Roman Empirei by reaibn of his Cruelties^ and the
difbrders he oceafion'd. But as the latter end of his
Reign was quite different, and rendred the Empire
more flourilhing than ever, 'twas laid of him : That
it were to be wifisel t either that be had never come inte
the WoTldj or never gone out of it.
150
Scilertftj who had many Children, being at the
point of Death, gave every one of them a bundle of
146
Lf CompAgon Sage & Ingenitux. 80
.46
Marcus Brutus^ qu'on vouloit dctourner d'aller au
Combat^ dit: jQuel mal peut-il m'tn arrivcr? je ne puts
tjue vaincre on mourir. Et fur ce que quelques uns lui
confeilloient a pies fa defaite de fe iauver par la fuite :
Ilfefaut, dit-il, fauver avec les Mains, & non paf a-ves
les Piedt.
Le Roy Agis difblt: // nefaut jamais demander tom-
tn t mats cit font les Ennemis.
'Augufle entendant dire qu 1 'Alexan^re^ aprcs avoir con-
quis la plus grande pai tie de la Terre, etoit en peine
de /savoir a quoiil pourroit occuper la refte de fes jours
flit iurpris de ce fentiment la : fie yuoi t dit-il, Alex-
andre tgnoroit done qite bien gowuermr un Empire con^uu^
eft un Emfioi plus con fidi . able } yie, de faire de nou-velles
Les commencemens du Regne ftAugufic Furent per-
nicieux a 1'Empire Remain, a cau(e de fes cruaurez, 8c
desdclbrdres qu'il caufa ; mais comme la fin delbn Regne
route differente, rendit 1'Empire plus florirtant que ja-
mais, on die de lui: QSilettt ete d foubaiter, ou [tiil ne
fat jamais wntt au monde, on <%uil ntnfttt jamais jorti.
150
Sciltrus, qui avoit plufieurs Enfans, 6tant fur le point
de mourir, leur donna a chacun un failfeau de fleches
Ar-
8 1 Tke Wife and Ingenious Cotipdnwn.
Arrows, and commanded them to break it. And as
they all made anfwer, that the thing was irnpoffible,
tie pulled out the Arrows, and broke them one by one;
and from thence took occafion to tell them: By thv,
my Children, you ought to learn, that as long as you are well
united together, you Jhall ever be invisible, and formidable
to your Enemies : But if on the contrary yott let divipom
creep in amongft you, yon will grow weak and eafy lo&e
overcome.
tyi
"Pytho a Rhetorician of Byzantium, offer'd in a Sedi-
tion to exhort the People of that Gity to Concord ;
and becaufe he was extraordinary fat, the People fell
a laughing aflbon as they faw him. But this fubtile
Orator taking from their laughter the beginning of
his Speech: You laugh, faid he, at my bignefi I have a
Wife bigger yet than wyfelf, never thelefs, when we agree ,
one Bed is enough for us ; but when we are at odds t the
whole Hottfe is too little to hold us.
151
Diogenes the Cynick, feeing fbme Magiftrates leading
to the place of Execurion a Fellow who had Irolen
fbme little VefTel : Here are great Thieves, cry'd he pre-
fently, that carry a little one to the Gallows.
King Thills Wife, Mother to Alexander the Great 1 ,
hearing that her Son gave himfelf out to be the Son of
Jupiter) and made himlelf to be worfhip'd as a God,
did put a Ihrewd Jeft upon his Vanity, in thefe Words:
I conjure you f&ld (he 3 irt a Letter which flic wrote to him,
do not make an} difference betwixt Juno find me any more:
Le GotyAgnon Sage & Ingeniettx. 82
& leur commanda de le rompre. Apr& que tons eu-
rent fait reponfe quc la chofe 6toit impoffible, il ti r a
les Flcches, & les rompic Tune apres 1'autrc,, & prit
dc la occafion de leur dire : Ceci VOMS doit apprendre, met
Enfans, que/ivous demeurez, bien unis enfemble, VMS fettz.
toujours invincible* 3 & redoutables a vos Ennemts : Que fi
an contrairc vous admettez, cbez, vous la divifon 3 vous dc
foibles & facile* a vaincrc.
Python Rhetoricien de Byfance, voulut en une Sedi-
tion exhorter le Peuple de cette Ville a la Paix, &
comme il etoit extraordinairement gros, le Peuple fe
mit a rire d^s qu'il levit paroitre. Mais cec adroit O-
rateur prenant de leur rifee le fujet de fbn Exorde :
fotts riez>y leur dit-il, de ma groffeur^ jay une Femme en-
core bien plus grofje qtte may ; cependant tjuand nous fommes
J'accord, un Jetd Lit nous fuffit, mats qua-nd la dwifion fe
met entre nous ) ttute la waijort eft trop petite pour nous con-
tenir.
Ijl
Diogene le Cjniquc, qui voyoit des Magiftrats con-
duira au fupplice un homme qui avoic derobe quelque
peticvafe: Void, s'^cria-t-il aufli-totj de grands voleiirs
yui menent un petit Larron a la Potevce,
M3
La Merc ftAlexandre le grand, Femme de ?bilifpe t
ap^rena'nt que Ion Fils fe difoit Fils de Jupiter, & ie
faiioit adorer comme un Dieu, en railla hnemenc la
Vanite dans ces Mots: Je vous conjure } lui manda-t-elle
& m m plus brouiller aves Junon.
S 3 The Wife and Ingeni
A wicked Mm ., among the chief of Athens ,
asking ;i Lacedemonian, who was the beft Man in La-
cedemon, received this ingenious, but tart return : '7#
he who Itafi referable* thee.
155
the Mifanthropift^ being invited to Dinner by
one who affe&ed to imitate him in his hatred for all
Mankind: Here is, laid that Man, a 'very fne Dinner j
anfwered Timo t if thou wert not at it.
156
Diogenes being banifhed by thofe of Sinofe 3 his
Birrh place^ he wrote to them : You have banned mi
four City, and I confine you to your Houses. You live at
Sir.ope, and, I at Athens. : f daily converge with the bejt
Men oj "Greece, 'while you are in bad Company.
157
Bias the Philofbpher. being a-board a Ship in a Storm
with '.vicked Men, who call'd upon the Gods: Hold
your Tongues y faid he to them_, that they may^ if foffible y
forget that you are here.
158
Some of Socrates his Friends, expreffing their Anger
againfi one whom be had Jaluted/and had not returned
him his Civility: Why fljould you be angry, laid Socrates
to them, becaufe that Man is not fo civil as wy {elf?
Un
JLe QompAgnon Sage & Irtgeniettx. 84
Un mechant homtne des Principaux ttAtlenes, de-
mandant a un Lacedemonien, qui etoit le plus homme de
bien de Lacedcmone, celui-ci lui repondic fort adroite-
ment, mais d'une maniere bien aigre, CV/ telui <pti te
reJJ'embk le moins.
155
Ttmon le Mifanthrope ayant etc invite a diner par im
homme qui anedroit de Timiterdansla haine qu'il avoic
pour tout le Genre humain : Void, dit cet homme, un
Re fas bien ttgrcable. Ow, lui icjondit Timon t ft tt rfy
etots pas.
Dio^em ayant et^ chafTe par ccux de Sinope, lieu de
la nailtance_, leur manda: Vous mavez, banni devoirs
Ptlte, & mot je vous relegue dans vos Afaijons. Vans de-
meurez, a Sinope, &j*4*mtt*r* ^Athcnes. Je m'entre-
tiens totts les jours awe les plus bonne tes gens de U Grece^
pendant %ue vous etes en mauvaife compagnie.
M7
Le Philofophe Bias etant dans tin Vaifleau durant
une Tempete avec des rrechantes gens qui invoquoienc
les Dieux , Tai/ez, r vom t leur dit-ilj apn auth vublient }
*'il fe pent 3 que vous etes iti.
158
DCS Amis de Socrate temoignant etre irritez de cd
que que'qu'un qu'il avoit faliie ne lui avoir pas rcndn
ion ialut : Tourquei /e fdchcr, leur dit Socratt, deceit
fct homms nefi pas fi civil yic moj ?
G i When
8 $ The Wife and Ingenious
When they came to give the fame Socrates notice of
his being condemn'd to Death by ths Athenians \ They
are alfo condemn d by Nature, anfwered he. But they
lave unjuftly condemn d thee, faid his Wife to him : Why
wottltftt thou have me juftly condemned ? reply 'd Socrates.
1 60
Philcxenes the Poet, being condemn'd by Dionyfus
to work at the Quarries, for difliking fome Verles of
that Tyrants making, Dionyfeus fent for him, to fhe\v
him other Verles of his own Compofing, in hopes to
get his Approbation, being paflionately defirous to be
efteem'd a good Poer. But Phihxenes unwilling "to
commend his new Verfcs, becaule they were bad ones,
Let me go back to tbe Quarries, faid he. The Tyrant
however was this time 16 good-humourjd as not to be
angry at ir.
l5l
Diogenes feeing young Dionyfius reduc'd to the Profe
fion of a School-mafter, fell a fighing before him:
Do not be concern d, lays Dionyfius to Diogenes, for my bat
Fortune ; Vw the (ffttt of the inconstancy of humane Things.
lam not troubled for 'what tbou imagine ft, anfwers Dioge'
nts, but rather to fee thte happier than tither thou waft or
doefl defer veto be.
King Philip contending with an able Mufician about
the finenels of an Air : 'Twere great pitty, Sir, faid the
Mufician to hiin, you fiould be fo unfortunate as to know
thtfe Things better than I. Which Jeft teaches the great
Lors
Le Compagnon Sage & Jngenieux. S6
Lors qu'on vint annoncer au meme Socrate qu'il avoit
cte condamne a la More par les Aihmicns : Us le font
far la Nature, repondit-il. Mais ih font ccndamni tn-
jtftement, lui dit la Femme : Voudrojts tu ejtie cefut awe
jufice ? lui die Socrate.
160
Le Poete Tliloxene ayant etc condamne par Denjs a
travailler aux Carrieres,, poUr avoir blam des Versque
ce Tyran avoic fairs, Denys Ten rappella., pour lui mon-
trer de nouveaux Vers de la fnson, dans refperance de
les lui taire approuver, Ibuhaitant avec Padion d'etre
im^ bon Poe'ce. Mais Philoxtne, ne voulanr point
loiier ies nouveaux Vers qui etoienc mechans, Qtcn me
remene aux Carrieres, dit-5L Le Tyran neantinoins iuc
pour cette tbis d'aflcz bonne humcur pour ne pas s'en
ficher.
l6^
Diogeve, voyant le jeune Denjs reduir a faire la Ton-
cflion uc maitre d'Ecole, le mit a Ibupirer devanc lui.
Ne fafflige point 3i die Denjs a Diogene, de ma mau-vaift
Fortune, ceft un effet de finconftance des chofes burxaims.
Je m fuis fas afflige de ce que tu penfes, lui repondk Dio-
genej mats de te 'voir flus hcurcux <jue ttt tfetois & que tu ne
merites,
l6z
Le Roy Philippe difputant dc la beau 1 e d'un^ Air avec
un habile Muficien : Ce feroit grand Dommage y Seigneur ,
lui dit le Muficien, que vous eufficz, eta ajjez, itialhcurcnx
fourfavoir cela mieute f^ue woy. Ce bon mot apprencl
Sj The Wife and Ingenious Comftnto*.
ones not to afFeft excelling in Arts of this Nature, be-
caufe they are only proper to liich as make a Trade
of them.
16;
An Athenian Lady asking by way of Derifton a Lacc-
Jemonian Matron what Portion (he had brought her
Husband.- Cbaftity, aniwered fhe.
164
An Athenian telling a Lacedemonian by way of Re-
proach, that the Athenian* had often repulfed them
from before their Walls : We cannot reproach you with
any fucb thing, anfwer'd the Lacedemonian ; which was
a fine way of telling him, that thole of Athens durft
never appear before Lacedemon.
Another Athenian faid, that the Lacedemonians fpoil'd
themlelves in Foreign Countries : True, anfwer'd a La-
cedemonian , but no Body fpoils himfelf in Lacede-
mon.
166
Thocion ufed fliarply to rebuke the Athenian^ whereas
the Orator Demofttbenes flatter*d them in his Speeches :
Tbit People will, murder thee, if ever they grow furious,
jid Demofthenes to Thccion^ So they will t bee, if ever they
grow wife, reply 'd Phocion.
aux
Le Comfxignon Sage & Ingenitttx. S 8
aux homines elevez de ne pas affefter d'excellcr elms
les connoiflances de cette nature, p.ircj quc cela nc
convient qu'a ceux qui en font Profoffion.
163
Une Dame $ Athene* demandanc ;\ une Dame Lace-
par maniere de reproche, cc qu'cl'c avoic
en Dot a (on mari: La Cbaftete, lui jepoiidic-
elle.
164
Un Atbenien reprochant a tin LaceJetnonien, quo ceux
$ Athene* les avoient Ibuvent repouflcz de devant Icurs
niurailles : Notts ne faurions vous faire un paietl rcprcche,
lui dit le Lacedentoniev. G'etoic une maniere delicacy
de lui dire, que jamais les Atbmiens n'avoienu ole & pre-
fenter devant Lactdemone.
Un autre Atheniendtfoit que les LaaJemonie** fe cor-
rompoient dans les Pai's Arrangers: II eft way, i^pondic
un LaceJemonien, mais performs ne fe corrorxpt a. Lacedc-
nione.
1 66
Tlocion reprenoit aigrement les Atfoxiens, au lic-:
1'Orateur Demofbene les flatoit par ies-Harangu:
Ptuple te tuera, s'il entrt en furfur, dit Demojkkim a Pha-
eton; Et toi } s'il entre en fin bonfens, lui repiiqua Pko-
cion*
G 4
8 9 The Wife And Ingtni
167
Alexander being at the point of Death, and his Do-
metticks having received his laft Orders, they ask'd
him where his Treafures lay ? You will find them,
faid he, in rnj Friendf Pttrfes.
1 68
During the War betwixt Cefar and Pcwpey, a Roman
Knight fled from Cefar's Camp, but left his Horfe be-
hind him the better to conceal his flight, and get
into Potn$ey*s Camp. Cicero feeing Cefar's Party was the
ftrongeft 3 and that the Knight had made an ill
choice in Tiding with the weakeft, faid very plea-
fcintly : That Knight bos taken more care of bis Hor/e than
be has of bitnfelj.
169
Mttelltti, who was born of a Woman of great
Liberties, pretending to joke upon Cicero about the
meannefs of his Birth, ask'd him, Who bis Fatber was ?
Cicero inftead of giving a dire& Anfwer to the Quefti-
on, waved it cuningly ., by telling him : Thy Motbtr
loos made that Queftion harder for tbce to anfivtr.
170
A Leader of revoked Slaves was taken in Fight
with many of his Party, by the General of a Ro-
man Army ; this General ask'd him what treatment
he thought hs and his Companions deferv'd : The
fame, faid he, wbicb brave Men defers, who think
tbemjelves worthy of being Free ; which anfwer fo
pleafed the General, that he Pardon'd them, and
employ 'd them in his Troops.
Alex,
Le Corny Agnon Sage & Ingenieux. 90
167
'Alexandre etant al'article de la More, fes Domefii-
ques, apres avoir receu fes derniers Ordres, lui deman-
derent ou ctoient fes Treibrs ! Vow Ies trcu'vertz^ leur
dit-il, dans la Bourfe de ntes Amu.
16%
Durant la Guerre de Cefar & de Pompe'e, un Cheva-
lier Remain fe fauva du Camp de Cefar, &c y UiiT<i Ion
Chev^l, pour mieux couvrir la fuite, & fe jetcer dans
le Cainp de Pompee ; Ciceron voyant qua le Parti de
Cefar etoit te plus tort, 6c que ce Chevalier avoic
fait un mechant choix en fe rangeant du cote du
plus foible, dit fort pUifammant : Ce Chevalier a e
flus fie foin de fen Cbeval, epw de lui-meme.
169
Metellus, Fils d'une Mere qui avoit cte fort galante,
voulant railler Ciceron fur la balfeire de fa naiffance,
lui demanda qui etoit fon Pere? Ciceron _, au lieu dc
de r6pondrc jufte a la Queflion Teiuda adroicemenr,
en lui diiant : Ta Mere a fait en forte <yil te feroi! bicn
flus difficile de dire qui etoit le tien.
170
Un chef d'EfcIaves revoltez fut pris Ics Arnies a U
Main, avec plufieurs de fun Parti, par le General cfune
Arm^3 Rowaine ; Ce Ge icral lui demanda quel trairo-
ment il croyoit que lui & ies Compjgnons avoient
meritc : Cf/; que meritent de braves Gens qui i eft intent
dignes de la liberte, lui repondic-il. Cccta reponlb plut
fi fort a ce General, qu'il leur pardowna 6c Ies em-
ploya dans fes Troupes.
Some
0,1 The Wife and Ingenious C,om$a,mon.
171
Some Roman Judges being to try Clodius, demanded
a Guard ,, that they might, as they pretended, pafs their
Verdi<5t upon his Crime with freedom ; however they
acquitted him, tho' he deferv'd to be condemn'd ;
which made Catulus, (peaking to thole Judges, fay :
Were you afraid the Bribe Clodius had given you, frould be
taken away from you ?
17*
Pjrrbus King of Eptrus, being inform'd that ibme of
his Soldieis had (poke ill of him at a Feaft, he fent
for them, and asked them whether that report was
true ; whereupon the boldeft of them ,, feeing all
was difcover'd, made him this fubtile Anfwer; Sir,
bad not our Wine failed us, we would have faid a great
Jcal more. This comical Excufe, and plain Con-
feffion, made the King laugh , and pacified his
Anger.
TeriUus having asked of Alexander the Great, who
had a Friendfliip for him, ibme Money to marry
one of his Daughters, Alexander order'd him fifty
Talents. Perillus told him that ten were enough : /
btfavt, reply'd Alexander 3 'twould bs enough for Perillus,
hit 'twottld be too little for Alexander.
174
Marcus Terentius Varus would have the Guefts at
Feaits to equal the number either of the Mules or of
the Graces ; that is, that they fhould not be more than
Nine, nor lels than three. Upon a certain Day he
Des
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 91
171
Des Juges Remains, devant juger Ckdius, demande-
rent des Gardes pour opiner librement, difbient-ils,
touchant ion Crime : Cependant ils le renvoyerent ab-
fous, quoi qu'il eut merire d'etre condamne. Ce qni
fit dire a Catulus, pirlant a ces memcs Juges : Eft-ce
que vous aviez, peur ejiion ne vous otat F Argent que Clo-
dius 'vom avoit dome ?
Tyrrlut le Roy des Epirotes, ayant f?eu que quelques
uns de (es Soldats avoient fort mal pai 16 de lui dans un
feftin, les fit venir, & lui demanda fi ce qu'on lui avoit
rapporte ecoit veritable ? Alors le plus hardy d'entr eux^
voyant la chofe decouverte, r^pondit fubtilement, Seig-
neur, fi It via ne nous eut pas manque nous en auriovs bien
Jit Javantage. Cette plailante excufe, & cet aveu ve-
fit rire le Roy 3 & appaifa fa colere.
Perillus ayant demande a jUtxstUrt le grand, (on ami,
quelque Argent pour marier une de les filles, Alexandra
lui fit dpnnr cinquante talens ; Perillus lui dit, que
dix fuffiibienr, je croy, repliqua Akxandre, que ce feroit
tffez, pottr Perillus, mais ce feroit trap peu pour Alex-
andre.
174
Marcus Terentius Varut vouloit que les conviez aux
Banquets egalaflcnt le nombre des Mufes, ou des
Graces ; c'elt a dire, qu ils ne fuflent point plus de
neuf, ni raoins de trois, faifant done un jour un feftin,
made
9 J T.be Wife and Ingenious Companion.
made a Feaft, and a Buffoon coming to it without
invitation, the Steward feeing he was fupermime-
rary, would go to turn him out: But the Buffoon
told him, Thou art miftaken, Fritnd, count over again,
and begin with me, thou wilt find lam not above the num-
ber.
175
Zeno the Humorift being a Trader, was to^d upon
a Day, that the Ship on whole bottom he had ven-
tur'd his whole Eftate, after having been beaten by
a great Storm, periflicd at laft at the entrance of the
Haven : But he was fo far from being concern'd at
this f jd News, that lie faid with a fere ne Countenance,
I thank you Dcftiny for taking me from Mercbandife, "which
is a, mean and painful Employment^ and carrying me back
Jo Philosophy, which is a noble and faltttary Exercife j add-
ing, that he bad rather met with a Port in the Wrack,
than with a Wrack in the Port.
I 7 6
Hermon was fb Covetous, according to Ludliufs
Teftimony, that dreaming one Night he had ipent
fome Money, he was fo troubled at ic that he
hang'd himfelfl Dinarches Philo was alfo fuch another
Mifer that he quitted the defign he had of hanging
himfelf becaufe he would not be at a Half-peny charge
for a Rope, fceking Death at a much cheaper rate.
And Hemocrates grew liich a Fool by his extreme
Avarice, that when he died, he made himfelf his
own Heir to all his Eftate: From whence the
Philofbpher Bias took occafion to fay, That Cove-
toufafs ff the A 1 'other of the Madnefi and Alalice of
Mm.
un
Le QompAgnon Sage & Ingenieux. 94
un bouffon y furvim fans etre prie, le Maitre d'Hotel
le voyanc iupernumeraire, le vouloit chaffer; mais le
bouffon luy die, tu t'es trontpe men arny, compte une fc-
cond fits, & commence par moy } tit verras jueje ne fitis
point de trop.
Zenon le fantafque faifant commerce de Marchan-
difes, appric un jour que ion Vaiffeau fur lequel
il avoit charge tout ion bien, apres avoir ere bat-
tu d'une grande tempcte etoit enfin peri a 1'entrce
du Port, mais bien loin de fe chagriner a cette crifte
nouvelle, il-dit, avec un vifage ierain, je te remercle
Deftin de ce que tu me retires du Commerce^ tjui eft- un
Art has & penible & ^ue tu me ramenes a la Pbilofo-
fbie api eft un exercice noble & falutaire, ajoutant,
^uil avoit flutot trou-ve le Port dans le naufrage, qtte le
naufrage dans le Port.
176
Hermon fut fi avare , ielon le temoigna^e de
Lucile, que revant la nuic qu'il avoic depenie quel-
que Argent, il en cut cant de douleur, qu*il s'e-
trangla. Binaries Thilon iuc auffi tellemenc avare,
qu'ii quicta le deffein de fe pendre pour ne pas
depenier deux liards a acheter une corde, cherchanc
la Mort ameilleur marche ; & Htmccratc devint fi
fou par fon extreme Avaiice_, qu'en mouranr, il fe
ponAitua luy meme lieriticr de cous f-s biens. d'cni
le Philolbphe Bits pric fujec de dire, Que ['Avarice
eft la Mere ~de la folie > & de l,i Malic* dss
Thofc
9 $ The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
J77
Thofe of Nuntantia, a very warlike People, hav-
ing been defeated and put to flight by Stipio, the
old Men reproached them feverely with Cowardife,
laying, Are not thefe the fame Roman Sheep which -we
have Jo often beaten and drove before us? Tes, ani-
wered a young Man, thefe are the fame Sheep , but they
have changed their Shepherd.
178
Cicero (aid, That as the Swallows appear in Sum-
mer , and difappear in Winter , fb falfe Friends
crowd about a Man in his good Fortune, but go
from him in his Adverfry.
179
One asked Ariflotle what Liars got by telling
lies ? He aniwered ., That the only thing they got
by it , was not to be believed even when they fflokc
Truth.
180
The Tyrant Hiero having asked Sitnonides what God
was? the Philolbpher defir'd a Days Confideration
for his Anfwer ; then two, and then four, and fb
put it off from Day to Day : At laft Hiero ask'd
him why he did not anfwer his Queftion, but al-
ways deter'd it to another time ? becaufe faid Siruo-
nides ths more I think, the more I'm at a lofs to
rind out this dark and obfcure Thing.
Ceux
Li CompAgnon Sage dr Ingenieux. 96
Ceux de Numance, gens fort belliquex, ayant eti de-
faits 8c mis en fuiee par Scipion, les vieillardSj leur rc-
prochoient avec aigreur leur lachete, en leur difant,
Ne font ce pas ces mmes brebi* Romaines que ncus avotu
vaincttes, & battues tant Jefotf? Out, i^pondit un jeuno
hommej ce font a la write les tnemes bnbts' 9 wait dies on*
cbangt de fafteur*
178
Cicercn difbit que de la mcme maniere que les hiron-
delles paroilTent 1'Ei^ & difparoiffcnc en Hyver, de
nieme les faux Amis fe prelentent dans la bonne for-
tune & s'&oignent dans la mauvaife.
On demandoit a Arifote ce que gagnoient les Men-
teurs a debiter leurs menfonges ? il icpondir^ qu'il ne
leur en revenoit autre cbofe %ue de rietre point crus, quoad
nteme Us Mfoicnt la verfre.
1 86
Le Tyran Hkron ayant demande a Simonide ce que
c'etoit que Dieu, ce Philofbphe prit un jour de delay
pour y icpondre; puis deux, enliiita il en demandi
quatre, 6c ainfi diiferoit toujours. Hiercn a la fin luy
demanda pourquoy ii ne repondoit pas,, &: qu'il le re-
mettoit toiljours a un autre temps? parce que, iepon-
dit Simonides, plus j'y penfe, plus jq m'y perds, 5c
trouVe la chofe obluire,
97 The Wife and Ingenious Companion*
181
Socrates advifed young Men to look themfelves in
a Glafs, that if they were fine and handfom they might
take care not to do any thing unworthy of their
Beauty, and if on the contrary they were ugly and
deformed, they (hould endeavour to drown the de-
tc&s of the Body by the Viitues of the Mind.
181
A Man who was never married would perfuade E~
fiffetu* the Philoibpher to take a Wife, {hewing him
by many Arguments that Marriage was a State both
becoming and neceffiry for a Philoibpher : If it be
fo, give me then one of your Daughters) aniwered -
yiftettts.
.
Servius Gtmimts going one Day to lee Lucius
Altllitts, a very skillful Painter, and feeing his Child-
ren who were extreme ugly, he could not forbear tel-
ling him that he wondred he did make fo fne Piflures
and get fucb ugly Children. To wjiich Mal/ius plea-
iantly reply 'd, Jont be furyrizjd at it t for 1 draw the
Tiflures in the Day , and get the Children in the Ntgbf.
King Antlgonw retiring from the Prefence of the
Bnemy , who then were more powerful than he ,
jbme took his Retreat for a Fiighr ; but he told
them he did not fly,, but rather followed his Profit
and Advantage,
See-
Le Compagnon Sage 6- Ingwieux, 9
18,
Socrate confeilloit aux jeunes gens de fercgardcr
dans un miroir, arm que s'ils etoient beaux & bicn-
faits, ils priffeni garde de ne rien fcire qui rut indigne
de leur beaute ; 8c qu'au contraire, s ils e.oient laids &
difformes ils caclwffent d'eifacer lesdefauts du Corps,
par les vertus de TEfprit.
Un Homme qui no setoit jamais marie vouloit
perfuader au Philofophe Epiftetete prendreuiw i-'em-
nw, lui faifcnt voir, par plufieurs raUogj que le Mari-
ageetoitbien-feantScnecelTaire aux Phi olophss : St
celaef. doxne-moj done une de Us Mies, lui ic V ondic
un jour rendrevifite kbtd*
Malli*, Pdntrecres habile, & voyant ies Enfans qui
ccoient tort Laids, il ne fe peut empechcr de lui dire
0'*/ ,'bomoit Je ce ^Ifaifoit defi beaux Portraits & des
Enfant fe laids. Adallim lui reponcic agreableinenc,
nen fyex, point firpris, jefais les Portraits fsndant le jour &
ies Enfant pendant la Nuit.
184
Le Roy An'.igcwts fe retirant de la prefencc dcs En-
mis, qui pour lors ecoient plus puiiTans que luy, qucl-
ques uns prirent fa retraite pour unc iuite ; mais il leur
die qu'il ne tuyoit point & qu'il alloii feulement ou
qu
ccoic (on prone & iou utilite.
The
99 The Wife And, Ingenious Companion.
The fame Piince being ask'd how one might o-
vercome his Enemies, anfwered, by Strength and
Policy: And that if the Lions Skin would not do, it rnuft
be ekd out by the Fox's Cafe.
186
A young Man, who was a very great Talker, mak-
ing a Bargain with Ifocrates to be taught by him,
Ifocrates ask'd double the Price his other Scholars gave
him j and the reajon, laid he, if, that 1 muft teach you
two Sciences 3 the one to bold ywr Tcngue } and the ether
to J}eak.
187
The Philofbpher Anacreon having received a Pre-
fent of ten thoufand Crowns of Policrates King of
Santos, was taken with fo great a fear of being
robbed, that he could not fleep for three Nights
and Days, which made him carry back the Pre-
fent to that Prince , telling him that he prefer'd
his Repofe before the Dilquiets which attend
Riches.
1 88
One asked Cbrifypus why he would not apply
himlelf to the Government of the Common-wealth ?
Becaufe , anfwered he, if I do ill, 1 frail difileafe
Gd, und if Ida well, I jhall d$baje . Men. But
Sidoniusj his Diiciple, turned cunningly that Argu-
ment upon him, and told him : Tou tuvht on the
contrary by all manner of Reafonsj to take upon you the
Ce
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 100
Ce mcme Prince interroge de quelle rnaniere on poti-
I voit vaincre les Ennemis, repondit que c'etoit, par la
t force & far la rufe; & qaefi lapeau da Lion n'etoit fas
fuffifante, il faloit y coudre cells dtt Renard.
186
Un jeune homme, fort grand parleur, voulant con-
venir du prix avec Ifocrate pour etre enleigne; Ifocratd
lui demanda le double de ce que lui donnoient ies au-
tres Ecoliers : Et la raifon, dit-il, eft qu'il faut ^ne je
fenfeigne deux Sciences, I'une de ts taire^ & I'autre de
parltr.
Le Philofophe Anacreon ayant receu de "Polycratt
Roy de Santos tin Prefent de dix millee'cus, il en-
tra dans de fi grandes apprehenfions d'etre vole, qu'il
Fut trois jours & trois nuits fans dormir; ce qul
'obligea a rapporter le Prefent a ce Prince, lui dip
ant qu'il preferoit Ion repos aux inquietudes que les
RichelTes trainent apres elles.
i o i The Wife and Ingenious Com^
i ft ration of Affairs j for if you do well } yen will
pleafe God, and if ill, you will pkafe Men.
189
Solon being in Company, and holding his Peace,
according to his Cuftom, there was a young Gid-
dy-braiiui Fellow who told him he was filent be-
caufe he was a Fool : Solon, without any concern,
anfwered him .wifely , That there never was a Fool
That cculd hold his
190
Cambyfes a very fevere and rigorous King, caus'd
a Judge, tho* his Friend, to be flead alive,, becaufe he
took Bribes, and did not adminifter JuiHce accord-
ing to Law and Equity : And having afterwards
order'd the Judgment-Seat to be covei'd with his
Skin, he placed his Son upon it, to fiiccecd his Fa-
ther in his Employment.
191
Irene repairs with g-eat coft and charge to E-
tiurus, vilics <-^fcttlapius in his Temple,, and con-
fuks with him r.bcAU all her Ailments. Fifil of all
(he complains, That f:e is weary, and fpext with fa-
tigua: And the God declares., This is befallen her by The
length of her Journey. She lays ., She has no Sto-
mxcb At Nigkf , the Oracle prefcribes her, To eat but
linl<! nt Dinner. Sh'j ... .s him, What makes her fo
heavy, and what Remedy for it ? The O'.cle ant
wei'S, She tnuft rife e^rly in the Morning end ttfe Ex-
ercife. She tells him, That Wine is hurtful to her ;
fo the Oracle bids hsr, To drink Water. That fig
Sage & Ixgeniettx. 102
a Diet*, & fi VMS faites mal vsus plairez (M*
I 8?
Solon etant en Compagnie, & le taifant, felon fa
Coutumej i\ y cue un jcune Etourdi qui lui dit
qu'il fe taifbit parce qu'ii etoit fou ; Solon, fans
s'emouvoir, lui repondic fligement, ^tiil m ietoit ja-
trouve dc Fou c^ut put fc taire.
190
Camltyfe Roy fort fevere & rigoureux, fit Scorcher
tout vif un Juge, quoy qus fon Ami, parce qu'il fe
laifloit corrompre par Prefon?, & qu'il n'adminiftroit
pas la JufHce felon les Loix. & I'Equit^ : Et ayant
fait eniuite couvrir le Tribunal de fa Peui, il y
fit affeoir fon Fils, pour fucceder a la charge de foa
Pere.
191
Irene fe tranfporte a grands frais en EpiJaure, voitl
Efculape dans fon Temple, & le confulre fur tons
fes maux. D'abord elle ie plnnt, QUtllt eft laffe i
& recreue de fatigue ; & le Dieu prononce, que ce-
la lui arrive par la longueur du Chemin cfttellt vient
de faire. Elle dit , eptcUe eft- le fair (am appetir.
-L'Oracle lui ordonne^ de diner pea. Elle lui de-
mande, four^uoy elle devient pefante % & ejuel remede i
L'Oracle repond, yuelle doit fe lever de bon matin &
prendre de I'exercice. Elle lui declare, e/ue It Vm lui eft
miifiblc ; & 1'Oracle lui dit, de boire de I'eau. Qtt-
elle a des indtgeftiom , 8c il ajoure, qttelle frjfe Date.
H 5 can-
103 The Wife and Ingenious Companion
cannot digeft what (he eats, and he adds, fie mufl keep
a ftritt Diet. My Sight decays, (ays Irene ; ufe then
Spectacles, lays tsfcutapius. I grow weak, fays fhe far-
therj neither am I Jo healthful as I have been ,* the reafon
cf it, fays the God ,, is becaufe you grow old. But which
way foall I recover, my felf? The beft way, Irene, ts to
dye, as did your Mother and Grandmother. Is this _,
anfwered Irene, all that fPifdom which Mankind pro-
claims, and which makes you to be reverenced by all the
World ? What a rare My fiery you learn me ? Did I
not know before all thofe Remedies you frefcribe ? Why
then did not you ufe them, aniwers the God,, With-
out coming Jo far to me, and flwtning your Days by
fo long a Journey ?
The Efhefean Matron.
THere was at Ephefus a Lady in fb great re-
pute for Chaftity,, that the Women of the
neighbouring Parts flock'd thither out of curiofity
to fee her. This difcreet Lady upon the Death of
her Husband,, was not contented to affift at the
Funeral, according to Cuftom, with difhevelled Hair,
and beating her Breaft before the Affiflants, but /he
fiiuft needs follow the deceas'd to the very Monu-
ment, and having laid him in a Sepulcher accord-
ing to the Grecian Manner, watch'd the Corps; and
wept over it Night and Day, fhe was in fuch
Le Qompagnon Sage & Ingenieux. \ 04
M* veue t'affoibbt, die Irene, Prcnez, done de* Ltintt-
tes. dit Efcutape. Je deviens foible, continue -t-elle, &
je ne fuis pint fe faine yae fai etc. CV/?, die le Dieu,
fjue vous 'vieilUJfiz,. MAII quel inoyen de guerir de cette
Langiteur ? Le plus court, Irene, C'eft de mourir^ comme
cnt fait votre mere, & votre ayettle. Eft ce-la 3 re pen -
dit Irene, toute cette Science que les homines publient, &
ejui vctus fait reverer 4e toute la Terre ? que mafprcnez,
<vous de rare & de myfterieux ? & ne favoit-je pas tous
ces rente tt es que vous m'enfeignez, ? Que nen u/itz, vout
done, repondit le Di^u, fans venir me chercher fie
fi lcin } & abbreger vot jours par un ft long 'voyage ?
La Matrone WEphefe.
IL y avoit une Dame a Epkefe en fi grande repu-
tation de Chaftete, que les Femmes mcines dcs
Pais Voifins venoient en foulc la voir par curiofitc.
Cette prude ayant perdu fon mary ne le contenta
pas, felon la coutume, d'affifter au convoy toute e"-
chevelee, & de fe battre la Poitrine devant le Peu-
ple, elle voulut luivre le defunt julqu'au Monument,
6c apres 1'avoir mis dans un Sepulcre, a la manicce
des Greet, garde le Corps, &c pleure" Nuit & jour
aupres de lui, fe defolant de la forte, S^ refolue a
le laiflbr mourir de Faim, les Parens ni les Amis
H 4 Defo-
I o 5 The Wife and. Ingenious Companion.
DeibLitjon, and fo fully refolved to ftarve her ielti
that neither Relations nor Friends could perfuade
her from it. The Magistrates themfelves us'd alfb
their endeavours to no purpole , and ib gave her
over. And now io iiluftiious a Woman lamented
by all, as one that's dead and gone, had been five
Days without rafting any Food. A faithful and af-
fectionate Maid waited frill upon this wretched Crea-
ture^ mingling her Tears with hers, and repair-
ing the light of a Lamp, as often as it happen'd
to go out. She was therefore the only Difcourfe of
the City, and every Body confeft that this was the
greatetf inftance of Love and Chaftity that ever they
heard of.
It happened at that very time that the Governour
of the Province caus'd certain Thieves to be cruci-
fied near that Vault where the virtuous Lady kept
iuch defperate Mourning over the Corps of her dear
Husband. The Night following a Soldier who was
fet to guard the Crofles, for fear the Bodies fliould be
iiollen away, having leen a light in the Tomb, and
hearing the Sighs and Complaints of one in Sorrow,
out of a curioficy incident to all Men., grew defirous to
know what this might be_, and what pafled there ;
thereupon he defcends into the Monument, and be-
holding a very beautiful Woman, he ftood both a-
maz'd and frighted, as if it had been a Phantom:
Bnt then viewing a dead Body ftretched before her,
and obfet ving her Face bathed with Tears, and injured
by her Nails, with all the other marks of fblemn
Woe., he judged of the Matter as it was, that an
affiifted and difconfolate Woman that was not able to
bear her Ipfs, had abandoned her (elf to Grief and
De/pair. A moment after he brought his fmall Supper
ne
LeCompttgnon Sage & Ingenieux. 106
ne Ten purent detourner: Lss Magiftrats rebutez les
demiers 1'abandonnerent : Et une Femme fi iliuffre,
pleuree de tons comme une Perfbnne morte paiToit
de'ja le cinquieme jour ians manger. U=i ' : van re fi-
delle & affe&ionnee etoit touiours aupre"s d<? l.i milera-
ble, meloit fes larmes aux fienne?, & r^.* >uvelloit
la lumiere d'une Lampe toutes les fois qr'dl'.-. venoica
s'^reindre. On ne parloit done d'aurre cho^ dans la
Ville, &touc le Monde demeuroit d'accord que c'etoit
le plus grand Exemple d' Amour 6c de Chaitete qu'on
cutjamais veu.
II arriva qu'eii ce meme terns le Gouverneur de li
Province fit attacher en croix quclques voleurs tout
proche de cette meme Cave, ou la vertueufe Dame (e
deibloit fur Is Corps de ion cher Epoux. La Nuit fui-
vante, comme un Soldat qui gardoit les Croix de peitr
que les Corps ne fufient enlevez, eiit apperceu de ia lu-
miere dans le Monument, &; entendu les foupirs 8c
lesPlaintes d'une Peribnne affligce, par un efprit dc cu-
riofite commun a tous !es hommes, ' il vouluc (kvoir ce
que ce pouvoit are., & ce qu'on y faifoic. II deicend
done an Sepulcre, 8* iiirpiis de la veiie d'une fort belle
Femme, il demeure d'abord epouvante, comme fi c'eiic
c:c un Fantome: Puisayant veu un Co.ps mort ecendu
devant fesyeux, confidere ies larmes,, un vifdge dechiie
avec les ongles, & toutes les autres marques de defo-
lation, il s'imagina a la fin cc que c eroit ; qu'une pau-
re affligce s'abandonnoit aux regrets, & ne pouvoit
fbuffrir fans defefpoir la Mort de celui qu'elle avoit per-
du. Un Moment apres il apporte fon petit Soupcr
au Monument, 6c commence a Texhorter de ne perfe-
to
icy The Wife and Ingenious Communion.
to the Tomb, and begins to exhort her not to per-
ievere any longer in fruitleis Groans and an unprofita-
ble Sorrow; adding withai, that all Men have one
common Exit ; that we muft all come at lafi to that
long Home, and fuch other Reafbns with which we
generally ule to cure the moft di {tempered Minds.
But flie ftill more exafpcrated by ib unexpected a
Confblation, redoubles her Grief; tea:s her Breaft
with more violence, and pulls off her Hair, which
/he throws on that woeful Corps. The Soldier is not
in the leaft diicouraged by all this, but repeats ftill
the fame Exhortations, and endeavours to perfwade
her to take ibme Meat , till the Waiting-woman
wrought upon^ as 'tis probable, as much by the fmell
of the Wine, as by his Difcouife, reach'd her Hand to
him who fo obligingly invited them, and having re-
covered fome ftrength with Meat and Drink; began
her felf to attempt upon her Miftfefles obftinacy.
And what will your Ladifhip get, (aid ihe, by itarving
your lelf to Death., burying your felf alive, and giving
up to Deftiny that Breath which (he does not demand
from you ?
Think you the Gbofs or dfies of tie Dead,
Regard what Tears their Superv'wers flied j*
What ! Do you expeft to reftore a dead Body to life
again, contrary to the Decrees of Nature? Believe me,
give over a weaknels which Women alone are capable
of, and enjoy the Iweets of Life as long as you can.
This Corps that lies here before you, mews you too too
well how precious Liie is, and bids you to be more ten-
der of it : Every Body is willing to lend an Ear to one
that prefles him to eat upon fuch occafions ; and ib this
Woman,faint and weak by ib long an Abilinence, fuf-
verer
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux 1 1 8
yerer pas davantage dans une douleur inutile 8c des
gemifTemens fiiperflus j que la fortie de ce Monde e-
toit la meme pour cous lesHommes; qu'il falloit tous
aller en meme lieu ; & les autres raifbns dont on a de
coiitume de guerir les Efprits les plus Malades. Mais
elle, irrit<?e encore par une confolation fi peu attendue,
redouble fbn deuil : fe dechire 1'eftomac avec plus de
violence j 8c s'arrache les Cheveux qu'elle jette for cc
miferable Corps. Le Soldat ne fe rebate point pour
cetej & avec les memes exhortations il effaye de lui faire
prendre quelque nourriture, jufqu'a ce que la Suivante
gagnt'e fans doute par Todeur du Vin, autant que par
fbn difcours, tendit la main a celui qui les invitoit fi ob-
ligeamment, & comme elle cut repris quelque vigueur
par le boire 8c le manger, elle vim a combattre el!e
meme I'opiniatrete' de (a Maitreffe. Et que vous fcrvi-
ra_, dit-elle, de vous laiffer mour'n 1 de f.iim, de vous
enfevelir tonte vive,6c de rendre a la DefHnfo un A me
qu'elle ne redemande pas encore.
- Penfez vow (\ue des Morts les infenfibks Centres,
Vom demandtnt des Pfairs & des Regrets fe tenures ?
Qiioi ! vous voulez reffufciter un Mort contre I'ordrc
de la Nature ? croyez moi, defaites vous d'une tbiblcffc
dont les feules Femmes ibnt capables & jouiffez des a-
vantagcs de la lumiere tant qa'il vous (era permis. Ce
Corps que vous voyez devant vous, montre aiTsz le
prix de la Vie, & vous avertic que vous devez mieux la
menager. Perfbnne n'5coute i regret quand on le pi'efle
de manger en de pareilles occ.ifions. Ainfi cetteFemme
r une fi longue aftinence, laiffa vaincre ion
prc-
109 The, Wife And Ingenious Companio.
fer'd her obfiinacy to be prevail'd upon, and filled her
felfwhh Meat with as greedy an Appetite as the Wait-
ing-woman,, who had yielded before. Now, you know
that Temptations come generally upon a full Sto-
mach, and thofe Amis which the Soldier had em-
ploy'd tocombate her Defpair, the fame he us'd to at-
tack her Chaftity: And the young Widow feeing
he was neither difagreeable nor without Wit, the Wait-
ing-woman ftill playing her Part to further his defign,
and then repeating to her Miftrcfs ever and anon.,
What will you fill a f leafing Love with ft and?
What makes me keep you any longer in fufpence ?
The good Lady us'd the fame Abftinence as to the o-
ther Part of her Body,, and the Soldier fully fatisfied,,
remained conquerour of both. Thus they continued to-
gether not only the firft Night, but alfo the next Day,
and the Day after that ; the entrance of the Tomb be-
ing all this while fb well clofed., that had any body
come to it, they muft needs have fuppofed that the
moft honeft Woman in the World had expired over
her dear Husband.
The Soldier charm'd with the Beauty of his Lady,
and the fecrefy of his amourous Intreague, bought Pro-
vifions as far his fmall flock would let him, and
brought them to the Tomb affoon as Night begun
to approach. In the mean time the Relations of one
of thofe that hang'd on the Gibbets^ perceiving that
there was no Guard to look after them, took down
the Corps one Night and buried it. As for the poor
Soldier detain'd from his Duty by the Allurements of his
Pleafure, feeing the next day one of thole Croffeswith
out its Carcaie, he went to his Miftrefs full of appre-
obfti-
Le ZomftgnQn Sage & Ingenieux. no
obftination, 8c le remplit de viands avec la meme avi-
dite que la fuivante_, quis'etoit rendue auparavant. Au
refte vous favez que les Tentations viennent d'ordinaire
apreslerepas: Avec les memes Armes qu'employa le
Soldat pour combattre ion defefpoir, avec les memes it
attaqua (aPudicit^ & la jeune Veuve ne le trouvant ni
defagr&ible, ni fans efprit, la fuivante n*oubiiant rien
pour lui rendre de bons Offices, &; difant enfiiite a fa
Maitrefle.
,) fcngez, a vous : voyez, voire snteret,
JLt ne combattez, fas un Amour c^m iiotts plait.
Qui m'arrete davantage? la bonne Dame cut la meme
Abftinenee en ce qui regarde cetce Panic de fbn Corps,
& le Soldat pleinement latistaic vint about de Tun & de
1'autre. Us demeurerent enfemble non feulemenc la
premiere nuit dc leur jouiiTance., mais encore le lende-
main, 5cle jour d'apieSj les portes fi bien ferm&S) que
quiconque tut venu au monument, (bit connu ou in-
connu, auroit cm, fans doute,, que la plus honnete
Femme du Monde avoit expii^ iur le Corps de Ibu
Mari.
Le Soldat charrad de la bcame* de la Dame, &c du
fecret de fa bonne Fortune^ achccoit tout ce que fon
pen de bien lui pouvoit permettre, & a peine la nuit
etoit elle venue, qu'il 1'apportoic dans le monument.
Cependant les Parens d'un de ces Pendus, comme ils
s'apperceurent qu'il n'y avoit plus de Garde, cnleverenc
le Corps uiic nuit, & lui rendirent les derniers devoirs.
Mais le pauvre Soldat qui s'etoit laiffe abuicr pour de-
meurer trop long terns attach^ a fon plaifir, voyant le
lendemain une dc ces Croix fans cadavre, alia trouver
la Maitreflfe dans la crainte da fupplice, & lui cont*
henfion
ill The Wife *nd Ingenious Companion.
henfion of Puniftimenc, and told her what had hap-
pened : That for his part he would not wait his Con-*
demnation, but was refblv'd to do himfelf Juftice,
and punifh immediately his negledfc with his own
Hand : That the only favour he begg'd of her was to
take care of his Buiialj and bellow it upon him in the
fame Scpulcher, equally fatal to her Husband and her
Lover, The good Dame no lefs charitable than dif
creet: O/6! may the Gods forbid, fiid (he, that Ijhould
live to fee at once the Funeral of two Perfons fo 'very dear
to me, 1 have rather hang the Dead than be the ruin of
the Living. Then according to this fine Speech., (he
takes the Corps out of the Coffin, and having di
figui'd its Face, gives it him, in order to fix it to
the empty Crols. The Soldier was fo wife as to im-
prove the ingenious Advice of fo prudent a Woman :
And the next Day all the People admired which way
the dead Thief was got again upon his Crofs,
A Story tAkw out of Apuleius'j Golden Af.
A Labouring Man that workt hard for his Lively-
_/JL hood at the Forges^ had a very handfom Wire,
tho' none of the moft virtuous. This Poor wretch go-
ing out one Morning as he us'd to do, gave opportu-
nity to an extravagant young Blade to flip into his
Houfej where being in dole conflict with his Wife, the
Husband unexpectedly return'd, but finding the cloor
faft, little lulpe&ed what had been done in his abiencej
he therefore within himfelf began to extol his Wires
Chaftity^and by a Whiftle gave her notice of hiscoming.
tout
Le Comfttgon Sage & Ingeniettx. lit
tout ce qui etoit arriv: qaant'aa refte, il etoit refbla
de ne point artendre fa condamnation, & que fe fai-
fant juftice lui '-peme, il alloit pimir ia negligence de
fa propremaiu; Pour toute givice^ qu'il ia fiipplioit
d'avoir fbin de ia Sepulture & de la lui preparer en ce
mcme tombeau fatal a ion Epoux & a ion Amanr,
Cette Femme aufii charitable que Prude, & aux Dieux
ne plaiie, dit-e.le 5 que je voye en metne terns lesfu-
nerailles de deux peilbnnes qui me font fi cheres ; j'ai-
me mieux pend;e le Mort, que de faire perir le vivanr.
Selon ce bsau diicours elle tire le Corps de la Biere,lui
defigure le viiagCj & le donne au Soldat pour I attacker
a cette croix ou il n'y avoit plus rien. Le Soldat feut
profiter du conicil ingenieux d'une Femme fi avifee :
8c le lendemain tout le Peuple s'etonna de quelle ma-
niere le Voleur mort avoit pa retcurner au Giber.
Gontt tire de P Ane cCOr d'ApuJee,
UN Ouvrier qui gagnoit fa vie a travailler aut
Forges, avoit une Femme fort belle, mais qui
n'etoit pas des plus vertueuies. Ce pauvre malheureux
ctant un jour (brti de bon matin, felon fa coutum?,
donna occafion a un jeune Gaillard c!e fe glilTer clans
fa Maifon, ou etant aux prifes avec fi iemme, le Ma; i
furvinc contre leur attunte, mais trouvant la porte
ferm^e, il ne fe douta guere de ce qui s'etoit pafTc en
fon abfence, La dcfliis il loiia en foi mcme la chaftc:6
de fi Femme, & avec un fiflec li'avertit de fon arrives
She
1 1 3 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
She in Cafes of this Nature, being not a little Politick,
loon difengaged her felf from her Sparks embraces, and
with a great deal of unconcern,, hid him in an old emp-
ty Tub that.itood in the corner of the Room j which
done., opening the Door in a fury, (he accofted her
Cuckold after this manner.
Is it thus, thou fen felefs Drone, that thou provideft
for the wants of thy Family? thus fauntering with Arms
acrofs, whilft I muft labour both Day and Night to
fupply the wants occafion'd by thy Idlenefs: Oh I how
much happi.;; is my Neighbour Daphne, who has no-
thing eife to do hut be merry with her Lovers ?
To winch the frighted Husband reply'd, What great
harm is there, puoi Chicken ? tho' our Mafter has no
work for me to Day, by reaibn of attending his Law-
buiinefs, yet I have provided for thy Dinner? Do'ft thou
lee that old Tub there_, that fcrves for nothing but to
encumber our Room., why I have fold it, Honey, for
Fifteen-pence, and the Man that bought it will bs here
prefently to fetch it away. Come^ lay afide thy Work
and help me to cleanfe it, fdr I would not by any means
but deliver it fweet and wholfom into his Hands.
Hereat the Wife began to laugh heartily, and being
furnifn'd with a Stratagem from the occafion, cry'd out,
bleis me ! what a rare Stock-jobber have I got to my
Husband, that could find in his Heart to let that go for
15 Pence, which 1, tho' a Woman, that never ftirs
abroad, have made (hift to get haff a Crown for. The
Husband not a little plealed with his Wife's Bargain,
forthwith demanded what Sot it was that had offer'd fb
much? A Codjhead you may be fure, reply'd the Wife.,
and to prove him fuch, he is juft now got into it to fee
what Profit he is like to make. Here the Gallant finding
his Cue, peep'd out,, and $ry'd, good Woman, would
Bile
Le Compaction Sage & Ingenhux, 114
Elle, .
litique,
fans s'e"r
etoit dans un coin de la chambre: cela fair, ouvrant la
porte avec furie, elle parla a fbn mari de cette mani-
ere.
Eft-ce ainfi, lot Icndorc., qua tu pourvois aux befbins
de ta famille .* Et que pendant que tu vas de la forte
les bras croifcz il faut que je travaille jour & nuit pour
fuplcer aux befbins ou nous Ibrnmes reduics par ra pa-
reffe? Oh! combien plus heureufe que moy., eft ma
Voifine Da$kne t qui h'a autre chofe a faire qu'a fe di-
vertir avec fes Amans.
A quoi le mari tout craintif repliqua : & quel grand
mal y a-t-i!j m'Amie ? quoi que mon Maitre n'ait point
d'ouvrage pour moy d'aujourd'huy,je ne laifTe pas d'avoir
pourreu a ton Diner, Vois-tu ce vicux ctivier, qui ne
lert a rien qu'a embarrailer la chambre ? je viens, ma
poupone, de le vendre pour quinze Sols 6c 1'homme qui
1'a achct^, va venir ici tout prefentement pour 1'empor-
ter. AHons, laifTe 1^ un peu ton ouvrage^ 5i aide moi
a. le nettoycr, car je ne votidrois pas pour quoi que ce
ibir, le lui livrer avant qti'il (bit net & en bon 6rat.
La deffus la Femme fe mit a rire de boa appetit, 6c
TeCcafion lui fournilTmt un Stratageme, ells s'ecria-
Mifericorde ! voila un rare Marchar.d que mort mari^
qui a leu vendre pour quinze Sol?, une chofe dont j'.ii
eu un demi-ecu, quoy que je ne ibis qu'une femme qui
ne fbrs j.imais du Ibgis.
Le mari ravi du march^ de (a FemniCj lui demand4
d%ord qui etoit le Tot qui en avoic cant offert ; quel-
qtie Behet comme vous pouvez croire, rcpric !.t Fcmmc,
(<c pour preuve de celn, c'elt qu'il vient de s'y fourret-
pour voir ! profit qu'il lui en reviendra. A ces Mots,
^ I yoa
1 1 5 The Wije tnd Ingenious CowpAnion.
you have me tell you the Truth > this Tub is exceeding
old, and very full of Cracks, you ought not in Conf-
cicnce to have fo much for it as I bid you. Then
turning to her Husband, quoth he cunningly, and you A
honeft Man, wholbever you are> Prythec lend me a
Candle a little, that I may fcrape our the filth, and
know whether it be for my turn or no, before I pay
my Money, if you think I come honeftly by it. Here-
upon our fubcile Vulcan, little dreaming of the defign
upon him,, prcfently fetch' d a Candle, and comirig up
to him (aid, P y hec ftand afide a little, Friend,j and
let me fee what I can do., for 'tis but reafon you (hould
have it as clean as maybe: Then dripping himfelf,
and delivering the Candle to his Wife, he crept into
the Tub, and begun to work ?,.nain on the- dry'd Lees,
whilit the crafty Lover did as much on his Contort,
whom he had laid athwart the VelTel.
All this while the good Woman, leaning over her
Head to light her Husband, amus'd the poor Man by
Ihewing him that here and there and there were places
to be cleans'd. But at length boch labours being ended,
the contented Cuckold having receivdthe half Crown,
thought himfjlf further oblig'd to take the Hogfhead
on his Back, and carry it to his Friends Houfe.
A Story taken out of Theophilus.
194
LAriJJa lov'd to tell Stories, and being one Day in
Company, flie waspleas'd to entertain them with
the follies of her Youth, in this manner,
Le Corny Agnon Sage & IngenietiX. 1 16
le Galand, voyant qu'il etoit terns qu'il joiiat (on Rolle
mic la tcte dehors, &dit: Bonne Femme, voulezvous
que je vous parle franchement, cc cuvicr eft fort vieux
& pUin de femes, & vous ne eleven pas en Conscience
en avoir ce que je vous en ai offer t : Eniuite fe tour-
nant du cote du mari, il lui dit fincmenr, &: vous, mon
ami, qui que vous fbyez, je vous prie, donnez moy un
peu une Chandelle, afin que je raclc les ordures, 8c que
je voye s'il fait pour moy, avant que j'en paye I'Argcnr,
a moins que vous ne croyez oue je 1'aye derobc. La dcf-
fusnotrc adroit Vuleain , ne longest guere a ce qu'on
mcditoit contrc lui, alia vite chercher une Chandelle,
& s'ctant approche de lui, il lui dit : Mon ami, ore toi
un peu dc la, je tc pi ie, & laiffe moy voir ce que j')f
puis faire, car il n'eil que trop jufte que tu 1'ayes aufli
net qu'il ie pourra: cnfuite otant ion habit, & donnanc
la Chandelle a tenir a ia Fcmme, il entra dans le Cu-
rler., 6c fc mit a travailler de toute fa force fur la He
[eqhe, pendant que le rufc Galand en faifoit autant fiir
!a Femme, qu'il avoit couched iur le cuvie'\
Cependant la bonne Femme,, b.iiiTant la tete pour
cclairer ion mari, amuioit le pauvre homme en lui mon-
trant pluiieurs endroits qui avoit beibin d'etre nettoyez,
Mais enfin le travail de Tun & de 1'aiure etant fini r le
cocu content, aprs avoir receu le demi ecu, ie ci uc
encore oblige de charger le cuvier fur Ion dos, & de le
porter chez ion Ami.
Contt tiri de Thcophile.
194
LAriffc aimoit a conter, & fe tiouvarit un jbftr efi
compagnie, clle vouluc bien kur pai ler des iblies
de la jeuncfle, & le fit ainii I f^t v-
ii7 The Wife and Ingenious domi
I ferred once a Roman Citizen, together with a
young Grecian Slave, whom the Storm had aifb oblig'd
to ferve tho* born Free. Nature had engraven in the
Face of this young Man all the marks of Noblenelsj
and of that good Education which he ow'd to his Birth
and the care of his Parents ; and one might eafi'y fee
that he was not born for the Condition to which his
hard Fortune had reduc'd him; if he was to carry any
Burden^ he funk under the lightcft ; yet he would needs
do every thing, and forgot his Birth, to adapt himfelf
to the prefect State of his Fortune, But not being able
to bear hard labour, nor the courfe Food of Servants,
he grew infenfrbly very weak, and negle&ed himfelf to
that degree., that he did not fo much as comb his Hair,
which was the fincft in the Wot Id. In a little time he
became lean and fuUof Wrinckles, his Eyes grew hollow
and languishing, his Hands black and courfe in fine,
he was not the fame Man : Melancholy had funk his
Spirit, as much as Fatigue had impair'd his Health.
he figh'd often, and his affliction mov'd my Pity j I
thought Fortune was very unjuft to him ; I endeavour-
ed to comfort him under it$ wept for his Misfortunes;
taught him what he muft do, and did part of it my
ielf to eafe him. His wretched ftate did not take a-
way from him a noble Air, and I know not what pre-
heminence over my Birth, which made me fenfible of
the difference of his, to which I willingly fubmittcd.
He knew well enough how much he was oblig'd to me,
and rcturn'd rue thanks with the politenefs of a Cour-
tier. In fhort, I was Ib much affe&ed with thofe Ac-
complifiiments, that thinking I had only Pity for his
Misfortunes, I found my felt in Love with his Perfon ;
and indeed I lov'd him defperately.
Je
Le CompAgnon Sage dr Ingenieux* 1 1 8
Je fervois chez un Citoyen Romain avec un jouns
Cnc ion Efclave, que la temperc avoit oblige cle'fervir
aufft, quoi que ne Hbre. La nature avoir mis fur lc
vifa^e de ce jeune homme toutes Ics marques de I,i no-
bleffe 8c de la honne education qu'ii devoir a fa .naiffance
& aux foins de fcs Parens; et on voyoit bicn qu'il n ctoit
pas re pour I'etat ou ion malheur 1'avoit reduit; s'il fol-
loit porter qticlque fardeau, il liiccothbotc aux plus le-
gers : Capendant il vouloit tout faire^ &: il oublioit ft
naiflance, pour tacher de s'accommoder a 1'ccat prefenc
de la Fortune. Mais ne pouvant refiftei 1 a la fatigue,
ni a la nourriture de valer, il tomba pen a peu dans un
grand abbatement, & il fe nsgiigeoit a un point qu'il
ne peignoit pas meme les plus beaux cheveux du monde
qu'il avoit. En peu de temps il devint maigre & ride,
il euc les ycux cavez 8c languiflans ; les mains noires 6c
pldnes de calus : enfin il n'^toit plus reconnoiffible.
La triftcile lui aroit abbatu 1'efprit,, autant que la fa-
tigue lui avoit alter^ la fantd 11 ibupiroit ibuvent ; &
fon affl Aion me failbit pitie ; Je trouvoisla fortune bicn
injufte a Ion egard; js 1'exhortois a (e conibler ; je pleu-
rois (es malheurs, je lui apprenois ies fondions, & je Ic
Ibulageois me'ne cle quelques-unes. Sa mifcre ne lui oroic
pas un air noble, & je ne f^ai quelle fuperiorite iiir ma
naiflance, qui me failbit fentir la difference de la ficnnc,
a laquelle je me foumetois volontiers. II fentoit bien
les obligations qu'il m'avoit Sc il m'en remercioit avec
la politeffe d'un homme de la Cour. Enfin toutes ces
bonnes quaiitez me toucherent fi fort_, que ne croyant
avoir que de la pitie pour ies malheurs_, je me trouvai de
1'amour dans le coeur pour fa perfbnne, & js 1'aimai
cperdumenr.
I 3 This
1 1 9 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
This Story of Lariffa had drawn to her the attention
of the whole Company, but efpecially of two young
Maidens, who counterfeited fleep, left decency (hould
oblige them to retire, if they leeni'd to hear what (he
ftid. One of them having cpsn'd her Eyes., and caft
them upon Lari/a^ as tho' it were by Chance, clofed
them again immediately. As for the other, making as
if fhe was j uft awake, is it Day already ? Said fhe, with
a bhifh. The Company took notice of their cunning,
and fell a laughing; in the mean time Lariffa had done
fpeakin^alledging that (he was unwilling to go through
with this Adventure, for fear of making the young La-
dies uneafy, and begun to threaten the Company with
fome old and grave Stories. But EugenitK impatient
to know the reft of this Tale, Alafs! Lariffa, laid he,
thefe young Maids have ail this while counterfeited
fleep only to hear you fpeak with more liberty ; and I
afllire you, they long more than any of us to know the
end of your Story. Go on I befeech you, faid he em-
bracing her. She confented, promis'd to end the Story
as modeftly as poflible, and calling the young Maids
ihs told them.
jo' Afaids lit tied to
Tet youth allow* feme Liberty.
And thus refum'd her Difcourie.
One while I complained of Love^and another whilel
pray'd^o him: Great God,faid I often to him,eithercure
me or make me belov'd of him I love. All this while I
could neither eat nor fleep. Gifm, (for that was the
name of my Dear,) recover'd his Beauty every Day j
for Time, which conquers all, had alleviated his Sor-
f ows. For my part., I was no more the lame Woman,
Lariffe
Le Compaction Sage & Ingwieux. 120
Lariffe par ec coiite, avoic attire I'attemion de route
la compagnie, mais fur tout dc deux jeunes Fiiles qui
faiib'ient femblant de donnir do pcurque la Bien&ance
ne les obiigeat de Fe retirsr Ti ell'es paroiilbient entendre
ce qu'el'e diibit- 1'une d'ellesayant otivert les yeuxpour
rega dor Larijfe, conime fi c'eut ccc lans dcilein, !es re-
' ferma auili- tot. Potir'1'autre, f \iiiint fjmblant de ie re-
vciller : Bft-il deja jour? die elle, 6c rOuRic cnle dii'inr.
T i rrmmami> r"cfihnf ' ltiir' fitit^ft '<: RS ^','n rt' w ii.nir Frirr
cbnhut lours finelT;s, & s'en icjouit forr.
Lariffe avoi'c cefle de parler, "diiant 'qu'elle
ne vouloic pas achever le recitde cectc avanture, de peur
de faire de la peine a ces jeunes Fiiles &c elle menajoic
lacdrnp.-griie de quelques vieillcs Hiftoires lerreules ;
Mais Eiigtne impatient de fcivoir le reife du conte : He
Larijfi lui die ilj ces jeunes Fiiles n'ont fart femblant de
dormiiv qite pour vous ccouter avec plus de liberal ja
vous atiuVe qu'oiles orit plus d'envie que pas un de nous
de fcavoir la fin deTotre hiitoire. GontinueZj je vous
en conjure, lui dit-il en rembraffant. Elle y confentic,
promit d'achever le conte le plus modeftement qu'elle
pourroit j 6c failant approchcr d'elle les jeunes filles leur
dit,
// eft perwts aux jeunes gent
De netre pas toujours Ji Sages.
Et recomrnenca ainfi a parler :
Tant6t je me plaignois de 1* Amour, & tantot je le
priois. Grand DieUj lui difbis-je Ibuvenr, on gueris
jnpip,.ou me fais aimer de ce que j'aimc. Cependant
^ W-AangeoiSj ni ne dormois plus. La beaute ds
Glifon, c'etoit lenom de celui que j'aimois, revenoit tons
les jours ; car le temps, qui vient a bout de tour, avoit
addouci ies chagrins. Pour rnoi js n'etoit plus recon-
I 4 and
I2i The Wife and Ingenious
and the more Glifons charms encreas'd, the more my
fecret Paffion alter'd my Mind 3 my Face and Humour.
I had not the aflurance of difclofing my Paffion, and
yet was mad to conceal it : As for Glifm he was unac-
quainted with my Difeafe; he was lorry for me, and
only repaid with thankfulnefsthe Obligations he had to
me, and contented himlelf to eafe me in my Bufmefs
of a Slave, as I had done him in his. But at laft be-
ing no longer Miftrels of my Paffion, I faw my ielf
forc'd to difcover it ; therefore upon a Friday, Oh !
happy Day, which I fliall never forget, having found
Glifon upon my Bed, where he ufed lometimes to take
his Repofe after Dinnir, I defired him, melting into
Tears, to take pity on me. He granted my requcft,
and feem'd very well pleas'd to have fav'd my Life.
Now you, my Children , be merry whilft youth per-
mits you ; for the remembrance of paft Pleafures will
be the only ones of your old Age.
noiflable
Le Corny tignon Sage & Ingenieux. 122
noiffable 8c plus lesagr&nens de Glifon augmentoient,
plus ma paffion fecrette changeoit mon efprit, mon
Vifage^ & mon humeur. Je n'ofbis decouvrir mon A-
mour, & j'etois au defefpoir de le taire: mais Ghfon ne
connoiflbit pas mon mal. II me plaignoit, & payoic
de reconnoiflance ieulement ies obligations qu'il m'a-
voit,& fe contentok de me (bulager de mes devoirs d'el :
clave, comme je i'avois (bulagi dans Ies (lens. Mais en-
fin ne me trouvant plus MaitrelTe de mon Amour, ja
vis bien qu'il faloic me declarer. Un Vendredy done,
6 jourhcureux,' que je n'oublierai jamats, ayant trouv^
Glifon fur mon lit, ou il fe repoibit quelquefois apres
din, je le priai en fondant en larmes d'avoir pitie de
mor, il ne s>'cn defendit pas, & me parut fort aife de
m'avoir iauv^ la Vie.
Vous autres, mes Enfans, rejouhTez vous pendant
que Vage vous le permet. Le fouvenir des plaifirs paflez
ieront Ies ieuls de vdtre Vieillefle.
THE
The ingenious Thoughts, noble Senti-
ments, Jefts arid witty .Repair-ties ot the
MODERNS-
With fbme pkafant
s T o R i E s,
ENGLISH and FRENCH.
HEnry the Eighth King of England, being at
odds with Francis I. King ot France, relolv'd
to fend him an AmbaiTadour with a
very haughty and threatning MelTage, and
to that purpoie made choice of Biftiop Banner, in
whom he repofedgpeat Gonfktence. The -&tihop told
him 3 that his Life would be in great danger, if he (hould
offer fuch Language to fo high-fpiriced a King as Fran-
ca the Firft. Be not afraid a laid Henry VIII. for (hould
the French King put you to Death, I would take off
many a Head of thole French Men that are here in my
Power : / believe fo, anfwer'd the Bifhop, but of alltbofe
Heads, added he with afmile, none would fit my Shoulders
fo wtll <t4 tbif) pointing to his own. This witty anf-
Les
Les Penfees ingenieufes, nobles Scntimcns,
Bons Mots, & RepartivS fines des
MODERNES-
Avec quelques
c o N T E s
Plaifans.
En ANGLOIS & en FRANCOIS.
HEnrj VIII. Roy tiAnglettrre, ayantdes de-
melez avec Francois I. Roy de Fr*nce y ro-
fblut de lui envoy er un AmbaiTadeur,8c dc
le charger de plufieurs paroles fiercs & me-
najanteSj & choifit pour tc employ 1'Evcque Rm-
ner, en qui il avoit beaucoup de confiance; ccc E-
veque lui reprefenta que fa vie leroic en grand danger,
s'il tenoit de parcilsdilcours a un Roy auili fier qn'etoit
le Roy Franfois Premiei : Ne craignez ricn lui dit Htnry
VIII. Si le Roy de France vousfaifbit mourir, je ferois
abbatre bien de tctes a quantitc de Fran$oit } qui font
ici en ma puiflance ; je le croit, rcpondit 1'Eveque, Mais
Je toutcs ces tltes, ajoiita t-il en riant, il ny en a paf une
l*ti vint fi bien fur met Epaulet jue tellc-cy, en lui mon-
wer
125 Tfa Wije And Ingenious Companion.
wer pleafed the King, and made him reform the In-
ftru&ions of his AmbafTador.
Sir Thomas Mire, a famous Chancellor of
being in Piifon by Henry the Eights Oder, let totn his
Hair and Beard grow ; and <}$ a Barber came to trial
him, Friend, laid he, the King and I have A Sutt for my
Head, and Fllfpend no co/l ttpon the trwnmg of it, ttll I
know wbick of ut m to have the difpofal of it.
a
Bacon, another renown'd Chancellor oiEflglanJ, re-
ceived a Vifit from Queen Elizabeth at a Cou.jtry
Houfe which he had built before his P ererment :
a itj faid the Queen to him,, that you hive built
[o little a Houfe ? Madam 3 reply'd the Chancellor, /; if
mt 1 that made my Houfc too little, but jour Majefly that
made me too great for my Houfe. Befides the Wit and
Pleafantnefs of this anfwer, it carries with it fuch an
Air of Modefty and Gratitude as ought to recommend
k to our efteem.
4
In Spain Lovs feems to be the only bufmefs of Life ;
whereas what they call Love in France, is moft com-
monly nothing but fpeaking of Love, and adding to the
Sentiments of Ambition the Vanity of amorous Intri-
gues: Wherefore a Spatijb Lady, reading not long fince
the Romance of Cleopatra, and after a long recital of
Adventures being come to a nice and tender Conver-
fation between a Lover and his Miftrefs_, both paffi-
trant
Le Compagnon Sag&& jngemettx.
tram la fienne. Cette reponfe agreable put au Roy,
& 1'obligea a reformer 1'inftrudion de fon AmbaiTa-
deur.
a I
Le Chevalier Thomas More, fameux Chancelier d'^-
gleterre, ecant en Prifon par 1'oidrede Henry VIII laiffit
croitre fes cheveux & fa barbe ; & comme un Barbier,
le prefcnta pour les lui couper & pour le razer, Mon
Ami, lui dit-il, Nous avons le Roy & moy un Procez, four
ma tefe, & je ne 'veins fare attcune dcpenfe pour /Vz/w/ffr, je
je ne facbe qm de nous dexx en doit dtfpojer.
3
Bavm, autre ce'cbre Chancelier $Avgktcrre 3 fut vifit
par laReine Elizabeth, dans une Mailbn de Campagne '
qu'il avoit fait bad devant fa Fortune, D'oit went, lui
dit la Reine, ejuc 'vottt *vez,fat une ft petite Maifon ? Ct
n'eppasmoy, Madame, repj it le Chancelier, ^tn at fait
ma Maifon trop pet it e, matt ccft 'votre Majeftt qai ma fait
trip grand pour ma Maifin. Outre 1'Elprit & 1'agremenc
de cette reponle, elle marque une Modeftie & une Re-
connoilfance qui doivent la faire eftimer.
4
En EJfiagnc il femble qu'on ne vive que pcur aimer:
Au lieu que ce qu'on appelle aimer en France, n'eit le
plus Ibuvent que parler d' Amour, 8c ajouter aux lenti-
ments de I'Ambitionj la vanitc des Galantcries. D'OLI
vicnt qu'une Femme de qualitc Efcagnole lifant, il n'y
a pas long tems^ le Roman deCleopatre, & apr6 3 un long
recit d'Avantures, ctant tombes fur une Conversation
delicate d'un Amant 8c d'une Amanre, egalement paf-
onacely
127 TAe Wife *xd Ingenious Companion.
onately in Love : Bkfinte, faid (he, bow much Wit is here
lof> to what pwpofe are all ibefe fne Speeches -when the) are
together and akne ?
5
A Spawfb Lady young and beautiful, went to con-
feG to a Friar of that Country. The Father Confe
lor after many Queftions about the Heads of herCon-
ieflion^ grew defirous to be acquainted with fier, and
askt what her Name was. The Lady who felt no
Temptation to g;atify his Curioficy,, anfwered, Fatter,
mj Name is no Sin.
Another Spamjh Lady went to the Church belonging
to a Monafteiy of Friars,in order to Confels, and rind-
ing a Friar of that Houfe alone in one of the Chappek,
fhe kneeled down by him, and c<>!u him all her Sins ;
and as he aniwered nothing, (he askt him his Abfolu-
tion. I cannot give it you, laid the Friar, for lam no
Prieft. You are no Prieit ? laid the Lady, very much
furpriz'd, and in a great Paffion : No, Madam, an
wer'd coldly the Friar. Well, reply 'd Jhe, I go and
complain of you to your Superiour, for hearing my
Confeflion : And I, return'd the Friar, I go and tell
News of you to your Husband. Whereupon, being entred
upon acompeniation of Threatnings, thev pa. ted up-
on even Terms; the Lady having wifcly confidered
that it was not for her intereit that this Adventure
fhould be made publick.
7
Th Count of Orfaz, a Grandee of S/^being will-
ing to have with him a Man of Learning lor the Plea-
iionnez
Le Compagon Sage & Ingenienx. 128
, >tte <fE$rit mal emfloye, dit-elle, A qmi Ion to*s
ces beaux difcoun juand tls font enftmhle & quits fint fettls ?
5
Une Dame Efyagwlt, Jeune & bien faitc alia a con-
feiTe a un Religieux de fon Pais. Le Confefieur apr&
lui avoir fait plufieurs queltions iur les matieres de la
Confeffion, devint cm icux de la connoirre & lui de-
manda (on nom. La Dame, qui ne fsj fentit point tent^e
de iatisfaire Gcuiiofi[C, lui repondit, Mon Prc 9 mo
nom ncft pas un Ttcbe.
6
Une autre Dame E$*gnok alia dans une Eglife de
Religieux a deffein de s'y confeifer & trouvant un
Religieux de cette Maifbn, qui etoit alors leul dans
une Chapellsj Elle le mic a genoux aupres de lui,, &
lui dit tons les pechez : Et comme il ne lui repondic
rien, eile lui demanda enfuite 1'Abfoliition. Je ne
puis pas vous la donner, lui dit le Religieux, car je ne
fuis pas Pretre. Vous n etes pas Prctrc ? lui dit la Dame
fort furpriis & fort en colere : Non, Madame, lui re-
pondit froidement le Religieux. Je vais, lui repliqua-t-
elle me plaindreavocreSupericur de ce que vous avez
entendu ma Confeffion. Ef moy y lui repartit le Religieux,
je -vats Jin de vos nowellci A 'voirt Mart. Surquoy ecant
entrez en com peniation de menaces, ils ie leparerent
but a but, la Dame ay am juge ikgement, qu'il n etoit
pas de fon intent de ofivulguer cette Avanturc.
7
Le Comte $Org#z, y Grand tiEfragne, voulant avoir
aupres de lui un homme de Letcrss pour le plaifir de
iurc
129 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
fure of Converiation,, one of his Friends presented him
one, of whom he ask'dar firft fi^Kr. whether he could
make Verfes? The Schola. anfwer'd,he might judge of
ic by the Compofures he would fiiew him of his own
making^ andfbthenexc Day b ought him many Ro-
mances or Ballads, and other Spanijhpi: .ems of all Kinds.
The Grandee having read them over, tolJ his F>ijnd,
this Man did not fit him : And why,, ask'd his Friend,
JBecauJe, reply 'd he, IboU that Man for. a Dunce that cant
make five Verfes, ami far a Fool 3 him lhat makes four. The
Spaniffi runs thus^ Tingo for necio at qttc vojahe ba&er ttna
topla, y for loc al f^ut haze des.
AChymift having dedicated to Pope Leo X. a Book;
wherein he pretended to teach rhe way of making Gold,
expeded to receive a magnificent Piefent : But the
Pope fent him only a great empty Purfe., with this
Complement, That face be knew bow to make GoU y he
wanted but fometk'Mg to put it in.
9
A Gentleman of the Court of France, went to one
of hisFriends to wifli him joy about a Dignity to which
he was lately railed : This Man puffed up with his
new Preferment, ask'd who he was? the other, with-
out difcompofing himfeit, (peaks to another tune, and
tells him, That be came to condole tie Misfortune that had
befallen him, and that he was etfrtwe ferry to fee him both
Deaf and Blind, face be knew net bis be ft Friends.
id
A bad Italian Preacher made one Day a Sermon
upon the Panegyrick of a Saint, and in the heat of
U
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenitux^ I jo
la Convention, tin de fes Amis lui en prefenta un a qui
il demanda d'abord s'il ftvoit faire des Vers ? L'homme
deLettres lui repondit qu'il en jugeroit par lesOuvrages
qu'il lui feroit voir de la fa$on: Et il lui apportale len-
demain quantit6 de Romances, & d'autres Poefies EJfiag-
nolle* de routes les efpeces. Le Grand d'Efiapne apies
les avoir leiies, die a fbn Ami que cc Homme ne 1'ac-
commodoit pas: Et pourquoi ? lui demanda fbn Ami ;
C'e/?, repliqua-t-il, que je tiens pour fit celui qui ne fait
fat faire deux Ven> & pour fou celui qui en fait ejuatre. En
Efyagnol, Tengo for mclo al que no fabe bazer una copla t
por loco al que baz,e dos.
8
Un Chymifte ayant dedi6 au Pape Leon X. un Livre
ou il le vantoit d'apprendre la mnniere de faire de 1'Or,
s'attendoit a recevoir un magnifique Prefent : Mais le
Pape ne lui envoya qu'une grande Boui fe toute vuide,
& lui fit dire, Que puts quil fa-voit faire de /'Or, iln'avoit
bsfoin que d'un lieu pour le mettre.
9
Un Gahnt homnie de h Cour de France alia chez
un de fes Amis pour le feliciter d'unc dignite qu'il avoit
obtenue depuis peu: Celui-ci tout fier de la nouvelle
Elevation demanda qui il etoit ? 1'autre fins fe decon-
certer, change de langage, & lui dit, Quil venoit lui
temoigner la douleur quil tvoit tin ntalbettr qai lui etoit ar-
rive & qu'il etott fort toucbe de le voir fofird & aveugle,
puts quil ne, reconnoijjott plus fes rneiileurs Amis.
10
Un m^chant Pr^dicateur It alien prechoit un jour la
Panegyrique dun Sainr, 8c etantdans 1'aidcur dc fou
K hit
131 The Wife And Ingeniou* do
his Difcourfe ask'd with a great Motion, where fiiall
I place my Saint ? Where (hall I place my Saint ? A
merry Fellow who happen'd to be one of his Hearers,
being tired with his Preaching, reiolv'd to be gone, and
cry'd to him in a loud Voice : Here is my room that I leave
for him.
il
The famous Moliere being dead, many Poetafters
writ Epitaphs upon him. One of them went one Day
and presented one of his own making to a Prince much
renown'dfor his Wit: Would to God, Sir, laid the Prince,
receiving the Epitaph., that Moliere frefented me yours.
il
^French Courtier was fufpe&ed of defed, but would
never own it ; one Day meeting the Poet Benferade,
who had often jeei'd him about it; Sir, faid he, for all
your filly Jefts, my Wife was brought to Bed two Days
ago: Faith 3 Sir, reply 'd Benferade 3 I never yueftioned
your Wife.
A petty Prince of Italy being informed that a French
Gentleman who was at his Court, had made a jeft of
him and his defigns,, fent one to bid him depart his
Dominions within three Days: He Joes me too great a
Fwoftr; anfwered the FrazcS'Man, in granting me fo
much time : / don't want above three quarters of an Hour to
obey him.
Dif-
Le Compagxon Sage & Ingenieux.
Difcours, il demandoit avec beaucpup d'emotion ou
mettrai-je mon Saint ? oumettrai-je mon Saint? un
Plailant qui etoit dans Ion Auditoire., enriuy de fa
Predication; refblutde s'en aller, & lui cria tout haut:
Voila ma place que je lui laiffe.
II
Quand le fameux Moliere fut mort, plufisurs mauvais
Poetes lui firent des Epitapnes. Un d'entr^uXj alia un
jour en prefcnter une de fa fa^on a un Prince fort c-
Jcbre par fon Efpric : T*ltit a Dicu, Monfieur, lui die Ic
Prince en la recevant, e^ue Moliere me prefentdt la vtitre.
il
Un homme de la Cour de France ctoit fbupconne
d'etre impuifftm., & ne vouloit jamais demeurcr d'ac-
coid qu'il le tut ; il rencontra un jour le Poete Bsnjera-
t, qui lavoit ibuvent raill^ ladeffus. Monfieur, lui
it il, nonobftant toutes vos mauvailes Plairinterasj ma
Femme elt accouch^e depuis deux jours : He, Monfattr,
ui repliqua Benferade, on no, jamais dottle de votre
Femme.
n
Un petit Prince tflfalic ayant appris qu'un Gentil-
lonime Francois qui etoit eri la Cour, avoit fait quelqaes
ailleries de lui 6c de fes defTeins, lui envoya dire qu'il
.lit a fortir clans trois jours de ies etats. // me fait trop
k Grace, repondit le Francois, de tnaccorder ttn ft long
Je riai fas befoin de pltts de trois quarts fktttre four
i } 3 The Wife And Ingenious Companion.
14
The Mother of a young wanton Lady defigned to;
fend her to the Nunnery of the Repent ing- Maids : I am
not of that Mind, laid a Lady ot her Relations; and
why? as kt the Mother, Btcaufe fa's neither, anfwer'd
th'other.
15
The French King fold fbme Days ago to Racine and
(Boileau) Defyreaux, I am forry you did not come to
this laft Campaign, for you had feen the War, and
your Journey had not been long: Sir, anfwer'd Racine,
^i>e bad no Cloaths hut for the Town, and befyoke fame for the
Camp ; but thofe Places you attach were jooner taken than
tur Cloaths made.
16
Three Gentlemen playing together, a mad Bull ran
into the Place where they were: So one hid himielf
under a Bed, another went into a Hogfhead, and the
third under an Afles Pack-faddle. Now as they told
their Friends how they efcaped., they all laugh'd at
him who had hid himielf under the Packfaddle ; but
one of them (aid : Truly be was in the right ont, for bt
had 4 mind to die witb bis Cloaths on.
One ask'd an old Man what he had done to live to
fo great an Age ; anfwer'd he, when I could fit I never
flood, I married late, vas foon a Widower, and never
married agtin,
Le QompAgnon Sage 6" Ingenieux. 154
'4
La Mere d'une Demoifelle jeune & coquette voulpit
i'envoyer au Convent des Ftlles Rtpenties. Js n'cn iuis
pasd'avis, ditune Daniede ics Parentes, & pourquoi?
lui demanda i.i Mere : CV/7, i epondit-elle, pares qaelle
n'ejk rit I' ftne ni I autrt.
15
Le Roy de France dit il y a quelques joui s a Racine &:
a Defireaux, je fuis fache que vous ne foycz venus a
cette derniere Campagne, vous auriez veu la Guerre,,
& votre voyage n'eiic pas ^(e long. Racine lui repon-
dir, Sire, nous vfavions que des habits J Ville, nous en
commanddntes de Compagne, mats las Places e^tte vous atta-
plutotprtjes yue not habits nefurent fairs.
16
Trois Gentilhommes etant a joiier en(omble,un Tau-
reau eh fureur entra dans le lieu ou ils etoient : 1'un
le cacha (bus un lit, Tautre ie mit dans un Tonneau,
& le troifieme (bus le Bat d'un Ane. Comme ils ra-
contoient a leurs Amis de quelle maniere ils etoient
cchappez, tons ie mocquerent de celui quis'etoit cache
(bus le Bat j mais il y en cut un qui dit : llavoit ajfiu-
raifon d' 'avoir voulu mourir avec /on habit.
I?
Un homme demandoit a un vieillard comment il
avoit fait pour vivre fi long terns: II lui l^pondkfftnw*
efre aftis^ je ne me fuis point tenu debout^ je me fuis mar id
fort tard, fai ete bien tdt venf, & je ne me fas point re-
marie.
K 3 AF1-
I j 5 The Wife And, Ingenious Companion,
18
A Fellow whom the Hangman whipt through a
Town, walked Ib fbftly that one of the Spectators came
lira and told him : Thou Wretch ! tbou voeft fo flow-
near him and told him : Thou Wretch ! thougoep fojloi
ly, that tbou -wilt have many a. lajh to tell before tbou comett
to thy jour me $ end : Go, mend thy pace, that tbou may ft the
fooner get out of this Torment and Ignominy. The Maleraor
anfwer'd him : When thou art whipt^ thou may' ft go as thou
for my own part t I will go at my eafe t
A Man of Ptrufa was in great defpair, and melted
into Tears, becauie his Wife had hang'd herfelf on a
Fig-tree that was in his Yard/ One of his Neighbours
feeing him in this fad Condition, came to him, and
whifper'd ibftly in his Ear : What a Fool thou art to grievt
at this rate, when thou htft fo much reafon to rejoyce, pri-
tbee give me a flip of that Fig-tree, that I may fa it in my
Gardtn to try what my Wife witt do.
20
Laurence, Prince Palatine, found fault with the Empe-
rour Sigilmundw, becaufe inftead of putting to Death
his conquered Enemies, be loaded them with Favours,,
and put them in a Condition to hurt him: Why \dont
Jput them to Death, fiid he, when I make their hatred
ccafe 3 and gain their friendfoip ?
21
A Lord having pitcht upon an ignoramus to be his
Library-keeper, That's the Seraglio 3 (aid a very witty
Lady,, committed to the Cuftody of an Eunuch.
Un
Le Qotnfagnon Sage & Ingtnieux. 136
18
Un Malheureux que le Bourreau foiiettoit dans uns
Ville alloic fi doucement qu'un des Speftateurs s'appro-
cha & lui dit : Miferable, tu vat fo lentement ^ue tu en
compttras de belles, aw ant que tttfois a la fa de ton 'voyage ;
marche, double le pas, four fortir, an plus 'vite de ce Jup-
flice & de cette bontc. Le Patient lui repondit, qxandtu
feras fouette tu irascomme il t e flair 'd , pour moyje wxx alter
h mon atfe.
19
Un homme de Peroufe fe deselperoit & fondoit en
pleurs de ce que l.i Femme s'etoit penduc a un Figuier
quietoitdans fa Cour. Un de les Voifins le voyanc
dans ce trifte etat, s'approcha de lui, & lui dit tout
dou cement a 1'Oreille : Qyc tu es fou y de fafflige? ainfilon
quettt as tant defujet de te rejouir \ doiwe moy> je teprie,
un re jetton de ce Figuier _, afin e^ue je le plant e d*ns men jar*
din } pour voir ce <%ue ma Femme fait fair e.
20
LaurentyPr'mCQ 'Ptdatin^ reprochoit a 1'Einparcur Sigif-
j qu'au lieu de faire mourir les Ennemis vaincus.,
il les combloit de Graces., & les mettoit en etat de lui
nuire : Ne les fais~je pas mourir,, dit-il,c fuifant cejjjer ltnr
bainc & les rendant mes Atnit ?
21
Un Seigneur ayant ehoifi un hommc ignorant pour
ctre ion Bibliot^quaire, C'e/?, dit une Femme de quali-
t6 fott fpirituelle^ le Se nail yfon a donne a garder aun
K 4
137 The Wife And Ingenious Companion.
11
Bakac having occafion for fome Money, fent to his
Friend Voiture to defire him to lend him four Hund-
red Crowns, and charged his Valet-de-Chambre to
give him a Note for .the like Sum. Voiture told the
Money, and being offered the Note, which ran thus,
2 frontife to fay to Mr. Voiture the Sum of four Hundred
Crowns } which he has lent me, &c. He takes it, perufes
it, and underwrites thefe Words, Ipromife to fay to Mr.
Voiture the Sum of eight Hundred Crowns, for the Favour
he has done me of borrowing four Hundred of me, &c. And
Ib he gives the Note to the Valet-de-Chambre to carry
it back to his Matter,
Henry IV. King of France was Ib generous, that he
ordered Pirn, Captain of his Life-Guards, to take into
his Troop the Man that wounded him in the Battle of
Aumale. The Marefchal dEJtrees being one Day in
his Coach, and this Life-Guard-man riding by the Boot,
Jhere is, faid the King, pointing to him, the Soldier who
wounded me at the Battle of Aumale,,
*4
One was telling to the lame Prince, that tho* he had
pardoned and beftow'd many Favours qn one of the
Captains of the League, yet he was not well-affefted
to him, he anfwer'd : I will do him fo much good that fU
force himto love me whether he will or no. Thus this Prince
won the moft rebellious, and was us'd to fay 3 that more
.flies were fatch'd with a Spoonful of Honey, than with
Hogjljtads of Vinegar.
Bahac
Le Corny ngnon Sage dr Ingenieux.
Balzac ay ant befoin d 1 Argent, envoy a prierVoiture ion
Ami de vouloir bien lui prefer quatre Cens ecus, &
chargea (on Valet de Chambre de donner a Voiture une
PromeiTe de pareille Ibmme : Poiture conta 1* Argent,
& comme on lui prelenta la Promefle ou il y avoit ces
Mots, Je promets de payer a Monpeur de Voicure l.i fomme
de quatre cens ecut qtitl maprctee, &c. il la prend, la lit,
& Ibufcric ces Paroles, Je promcts de fayer 4 Monfieur de
Balzac lafomme de bttit cents ecus 3 pour le plaifir qu'tl m'a
fait de men emprunter quatre cens. Aprcs cela i) rend la
pfomeffe au Valet de Chambre pour la reporter a Ion
Maitre.
Henri IV. Roy de France fut fi genereux que de vou-
loir que Viiri Capitaine de fes Gardes du Corps, recut
dans ft Compagnie celui qui le blefla dans la Eataille
tfAumale. Le Marechal tiEtrees ctant un jour dans Ton
CarrolTcj 8t ce garde marchant a la Portiere, VM,
lui dit le Roy 5 en le montrant^ U Soldat qui me blefa a
la Bataille d Aumale.
^ Comme on dilbit a ce meme Prince, que bien qu'il
cut pardonnCj & fait plufieurs Graces a un brave, qui
avoit etc un des Capitaines de la Ligue, il n'en ctoit
pourranc pas aim^, il repondit : Je veux lui faire tant
de bien que je le forcer ai de ni aimer malgre lui. Ce grand
Prince ga^noir ainfi les plus rebelles, & il dilbit fou-
ventj quon prenoit pltt* de moucbes awec une cufilhree de
tniel t qtiavec vingt tonneaux de Vinaigrc.
An
1 2 J The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
An Archbifhop of Florence faid to a Cardinal : Men
are very unfortunate, all their happinefs coxfijks in the Goods
either of the Soul, the Boaj, or Fortune s and yet they are
always plagued by toe fubtle Lawyer s 3 Ignorant fhy/icians^ or
bad Divines.
16
A. Spaniard being a Board a Ship in a Storm, the
Captain commanded that the moft cumberfbm and
h rt avy Things fnould be th'own over-board to eafe the
Vfffv-1. Thereupon die Spaniard took his Wife, and
would have thrown her inco the Sea, and as the Cap-
tain ask'd him the reafbn or it, he anfwered : I have no-
ihing that's more heavy and cuntbirfom tome than my Wife,
tndfo 1 perform your Command upon her.
- 17
Alpbonfus King of Aragon, feeing a Gaily full of Sol-
diers ready to be caft away, commanded fhe fhould
be fuccour'd ; and as he was flowly obey'd,by reafbn of
the danger, he was going himfelf to its relief; and be-
caufe every Body told him what danger he expofed
himfelf to: Nay, faid he, I had rather be a jharer than
* Spectator of the Death of my Soldiers.
18
King Henry the IV, hearing that a famous Troteftant
Phyfician had quitted his Religion, and turned Roman
Catholick, faid to the Duke of Sully, who was then
with him : My friend, thy Religion is very defperate, finct
'tis given over by the Thyficians.
The fame King viewing one Day his Arcenal,a Lord
Un
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingeniettx. 140
15
Un Archeveque de Florence difoit aim Cardinal:
Les Hommes font bien malheuri'ttx '. tout Iturbonheur con/ift*
aux biens de I' Awe, du Corps, ou de la Fortune, cependant Hi
font totij ours tourmentez, par les tropfubtils Avocats, par let
Medecins ignorant 3 & par les mauvais Theohgkns.
16
Un Efyagnol etant dans un VaiiTeau qui fut furpris de
la Tempete., le Capitaine fit commandemcnt de jetter
en Merles chofesqui incommodoient &pefbient le plus
pourfbulager le Navire. Auflirot ri^^WpritfaFem-
me, & la vouloic jetter dansl'Eau; 6c comme le Capi-
taine lui demanda la raifondece precede, il repondir;
Je rial rien qui me pefe & qui n? incommode plus que ma Fe m
im-> ceft pottryuoi f 'execute fur elle votre commandement.
voyant qti'une Galere charges
de Soldats petiffoitj commanda qu'on 1'allat fecourir $
& comme on tardoit a lui obeir, a caufe du peril, U la
mit lui meme en etat de courir a fon lecours; & liir ce
que chacun lui reprefentoit le danger ou il s'expofbit !
Ah ! dit-il, faime mieux etre Compagnon &ue Speffateur de
la Mort de mes Soldats..
18
Le Roy Henri IV. apprenant qu'un fameux Mcdccin
Troteftant avoit quitt^ fa Religion pour le fairc Catho-
lique Remain, dit an Due de Sully qui ttoic alors avec
lui ; Mon Anti^ ta Religion eft licit txa1ade t car elle eft
abandonee des Medccins.
19
Le meme Roy vifitant un jour Ion AicenaV un Scig-
askt
141 The Wije tnd Ingenious Companion.
askt him whether one could find any Canons in
the World as good as thofe there : Cods-fify, anfwer'd
the King, 1 never could find better Canons than thofe of the
Church.
go
As one confidered the lofles which the City of Mian
had occafioned to France, he (aid, It were to be wifli-
ed that City had been quite deftroy'd: No, no, faid
Chancellour du Prat, the War of Milan is like Phyfick
to France, to cleanfe her of abundance of lewd and debau-
ched Men that "would be aft to infecj her.
Lewis the Eleventh, afterwards King of France, in
fear of his Father Charles the Seventh, retired into Bttr-
gandy, where he contracted a Familiarity with one Co-
c a Peafent. Succeeding his Father in the Kingdom,
Conontook his Journey to {Paris, to preient the King
with Ibme Turneps, which he had obferv'd him to eat
heartily of, when he fometimes came weary from
Hunting ; in the way. Hunger conftrain'd him to eat
them all up, lave only one of an unulual bignefs. The
King delighted with the Simplicity of the Man, com-
manded him a Thoufond Crowns, and the Turnep,
wrapt up in a piece of Silk, to be referved amongfr. his
Treafures. A greedy Courtier had oblerv'd this., and
and having already devour'd a greater Sum, bought a
very handfom Horfe, and made a prefent of him to
the King, who cheerfully accepted the Gift., and gave
order that the Turnep (hould be given him ; when un-
wrapt, and that it was feen what it was, the Courtier
complained he was deluded : No, laid the King, there's
no delufion, thou ha/ that which coft me a thoujand Crowns
for a Horje that is fear ce worth a Hundred.
neur
Le CompAgnofl S*ge& Ingenieux. 142
neur lui demanda fi Ton pouvoit trouver au Monde d'-
auffi-bons Canons que ceux qu'ils voyoient: Centre faint
gris t repondit le Roy, je riai jamais trouve de ntsilleurs
Canons que ceux de la Mejjfe.
;o
Comme on confideroit les pertes que la Ville de Mi-
lan caulbk a la France, on dit qu'il fcroit a fouhaiter
que cette Ville la eut etc entierement ruinee; Non, non,
dit le Chancellor du Prat ; la Guerre de Milan fert dttne
Purgation a la France, pour la nettoye r d'une infinite hom-
ines perdtts & debaucbez,, qui la pourroient infecJer.
;i
Louu onzieme, qui fut enfuite Roy de France, ft re-
tira en P.ottrgogne, pour 6viter le colere de Ton Pere
Charles Vllj & la ilconcraAa familiarite avec un Pai-
lan nomme Conon. Apres qu'il eut iucced^au Royaume
de ion pere, Conon fe mit en Chemin pour Paris, afin
d'y faire prefent au Roy de quelques Navets, parce
qu'il avoit oblerve que le Roy avoit quelquetois pris
grand plaifir a en manger, lors qu'il revenoit fatigue dc
la chafll-. Pendant Ion voyage la faim 1'obligea de
manger tous fss Navets, a la referve d'un ieul
d'une grofleur extraordinaire. Lc Roy prit plaifir a
la fimplicite de c^t Hcmme, & lui fit- donner mills
ecus; 8c commanda qu'on confervat ce Navet par-
mi (es Trefors, apres 1'avoir envelope dnns un mor-
ceau de Taffetas. Un Courrifan affiime avoit obferv
toat ceci^ & ayant deja devor6 une plusgrande fbmmc,
il acheta un fort beau Cheval, & en fit prefent au Roy
lequel rejeut ce prefent avec joye, Cc lui fit donner le
N.ivet. Apres que le Courtilan 1'eut develor^, & quit
eiit veu ce que c'etoit, il fe plaignit de ce qu il avoit etc
trompe ; // *y a point de tromperie, dit le Roy, puts que
tu as ce yui rna coute milk tcw f pour un Cbsval ^ui a pern*
en vaut-il cent. Alpbon-
14 3 The Wife *nd Ingenious Companion.
3*
'Alphonfa King of Spain, faid to thole who told him
that his Cloaths were 16 plain that they did not diftin-
guifll him from his Subjedls : I had much rather be di-
ftinguifoedfrom my Subject by my Honour and Virtue , than
by my Crown and Yurple,
33
The Hungarians, who had confpired againft Sigif-
mundttSy being entred into his Palace with defign to ei-
ther to feize or kill him, the Emperour perceiv'd them
and ran to them with a Dagger in his Hand : Which of
you, laid he to them, will be fo infolent as to abu[e me ?
What have 1 done that defer we s Death} Iftnj one dejigns
to (trike me, let him come forward, I'll defend my ftlf. Thefe
bold and refblute Words frighted the Conlpirators to
that degree, that they runaway at that very inftant.
34
A Modern Sage us'd to fay, That to he an Hypocrite
was to go to Hell by the Road of Heaven.
A Pope, before he was railed to the Soveraign Ponti-
ficate, out of a feign'd and politick Humlity, caufed his
Table to be fpread with aFifhing-net inllead of a Table
cloth; but aflbon as he was advanced to that high Dig-
nity which he courted, he told his Officers who would
have lerved him as before: Let me beferved with Linnen,
I have no more occa/tonfor a Net now the Fiflt is caught.
36
A Buffoon told one Day King Francis the Firft, that
he had a Book of Fools, wherein he had writ the Name
of the Emperour Charles the V. the King ask'd him the
Realbn ; ltcii*fi$i& he., by fajfing through France, he cx-
Le Compitgon Sage d* Ingenieux. 144
1*
Roy d'EJpagne dit a ceux qui lui remontroi-
ent que la (implicitede ies Habits leconfondoit avec fes
f ujets : y'aimc bien mieitx qtte ma Gloire & ma Ptrtu mt
dtpinguent de mesfafets^^ue le Diademe & laPourprc.
Les Hongrois qui avoient confpir^ la perte de Sigif-
ond y ctanc entrez en ion Palais, ou pour le prendre,
ou pour le tuer, 1'Empereur les apperjeuc,, &courutau
devant d eux, un Poignard a la main : Qui de was,
letir dit-il, fera ajffez, infolent four me maltraiter ? Quaije
c ait opti merit f la JMort ? ji quelquun a dejjein de me frapper
qutl avarice, je me defendrai. Ces Paroles fierement
?rononc6es epouvanterenc tellement les conjurez ; qu'ils
prirent auflrtot la fuite.
34
Un Sage Moderne difoit : Q*e de fare r Hypocrite c y c-
toit (tiler en Enfer far le cbemin de Paradis.
Un Papejavant que d'etre 6leve au fouverain Pontifi-
cat, faiibir, par une feinte & politique liumilit^, couvrir
la Table d'un rets de Pefcheur au lieu d'une Nappe^
mais auffi-tot quMlfut parvenu a cette eminente dignity
qu'il ambitionnoir, il dit a (es Officiers qui le vouloient
lervir a 1'ordinaire : Serve*, may de Hnge^je naif Ins befom
de filet , lePoiflon eft fris.
?6
Un Bouffon dit un jour au Roy Francois qu'il avoit
tin Livre de Fous ou il avoit ecrit le nom de 1'Empereur
Charles Quint. Le Roy lui en demanda la Raifbn :
Farce, dic-il, <$?tn p ajfant par la France^ il iexpofe a etrc
pofts
1 4 5 The Wife a fid Ingeniou
fofes himfelf to Ife popt$ut what wilt thou fay^contimied
the King, if not only I let him pals, but likewife deliver
up to him thole Places I have promifed him : Do you
know, faid the Buffoon, What I -will do ? TU blot Charles
the Vs. name out of my Book, and writ yours inftcadofhis.
King ofAragon was fo liberal, that he lome
times gave away whole Cities and Dutchies, and took
away great part of the Taxes from his People, which
gave him the Sir-name of Bored-hand, and as one told
him that his Donatives were exceflive, he faid, The chief
care of a King ought to be to enrich his Subjects, and let thefe
te never fo rich, the Prince is never the poorer.
;8
The fame King ufefcl to fay: To live quiet in Marriage,
the Husband ought to Ire Deaf, that he mayn't hear his
Wifes Brawling and Impertinence : and the Wife Blind t that
flie may not fee her Husbands Debauchery.
19
King Alphonfus being Sick, and having try'd leveral
Remedies to no purpole, He left them all, ^and betook
himfelf to the reading of Qum'tu Ctirtiuts Hiftory :
He was fo much delighted witn it, that by degrees his
Dileafe abated, and at laft being fully recover'd, he
faid, Farewel Hypocrates, fareivel Avicenna, and all
Pbyficki long live Quintus Curtius tny true Phjfician.
40
King Henry the IVth. having a Book of fbme Regu-
lations for the State, (hewn him by his Taylor, and
composed by him^ faid to one of his Officers : Let my
Chancellour come to me thts minute to make me a Sute of
fince my Taylor will pretend to make Regulatians,
arrtte
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux*, 146
arrete, Mais que diras-tu, continua le Roy, fi non
iculement je le laifle puffer, ni.iis encore, fi jc lui livre
les Places que je lui ai promifes : SfaveK-vous, repondic
le Bouffon, ce queje ferai ? J'oterai de mon Livre le Nont
de Charles Quint, & jemettrai le votre en fa Place.
17
Alpbonfe Roy ft Ar agon toit fi liberal, qu'il uonnoic
quelquefbis les Villes, 8c les Duchez, & icmit afoh
Peuple une grande par tie des Impots, c'eft ce qui le fie
appellerM-f era* j &comme on lui temcignoit que fes
LargelTes ctoicnt exceffives, il difoit : Le principal Soih
<Tnn Roy, doit etre d'enricbir fe> Sajefts, car Queltjttes richet
luilsfoient, le Prince en devient pas plus pwvre.
38 .
Ge raemc Roy difbit ordinairement: Tour vjvre dam le
I Manage jl fatit ^ae leMart foit Sourd, afin eftttlrfentcnde paf
les Impertinences et lesCriatUeriesdefaFentn;c\et tjtte laFcmme
foitAveugle four ne voir point totttes /esDebaucbesdefon Man.
19
Le Roy Alpbonfe &ant malade apres avoir rent6 eti
vain plufieurs Remedes, il les abandonna entierement,
; & ie mit a lirePHiftoire c'e Quint c- Cur fe. Le plaifir
qu'il y prit foulagea peu a pen fon mal, & enfin Is
voyant gueri, ildit: Atlim Hyppocrate, Adieu Avi-
cenne, & toute la Medecine : Vive Qiiinte-Cutie, tnori
\ 'veritable Medecin.
4
Le Roy Henry IV^ voyant fon Tailleur qui lui
montroic un Livre de quelques Reglemehts pour I'Et.ir,
qu'il nvoit compof^, dit a un de fes Officiers: Quon
me fajje venir fur I'beure wen Chancelier pour me faire un-
Habit, puis que men Tailltur vent faire det RegUmynts.
JL 41 -A\-
147 The 'Wife And Ingenious Companion.
King of Spain , hearing that thole of
^ who during the War of Italy remain'd Neuter,
had been Plundered by the Soldiers of both Parties,,
as foon as the War was ended, laid, That tby ivert
like tbofe who live in the middle Stories of a Houfe,
that are incommoded by the Smoke of tbofe beneath, and
fy the Xeife of thcfi above them.
41
A Lord, who during the troubles of the League.,
had a long time been a Trimmer, came one Day
to the Court of King Henry the \\th. whom he
Jound playing at Primero; -aflbon AS the King (aw
him he told him: Corns Sir, you are welcome; if we
Win t no doubt but youll be on our Side.
45
A Man of War crying up before Sigifmundm Mi-
litary Employments,, md vilifying Magiftracy : Hold
ycur Ttngue, fiid the Emperor to him, and learn that
if all Aiagi^rates yerformd their Duty 3 we faoitld have no
occafim for Military Officers.
44
Adolphw Count ofNajJatt, being newly rais'd to the
Empire of Germany, lent a very abufive Writing to
Philip King of France, with many ridiculous Threats.
The King, who was Maftcr of more Temper, con-
tented himfelfto give tile Courrier a whole Sheer of
Paper, wherein he had writ in Capitals only thefe
Words for an Anfwer, TOO MUCH A GERMAN.
Le QompAgnon Sage & Ingenisux. 148
4'
Roy tfEfyagnc, apprenant que les Sien*ois t
qui pendant laGuerre d'/^fojCtoient demeurez Neutres^
avoient hi pillez par lesSoIdarsdes deux Partis, aui-
fi toe que la Guerre cut e, tinie, die : Q*ilt ttoient
femblables a ceux qui etant logez, dam les ttages- rnoyens dune
Maifon, font incommodes* far la Fumet de ceux qui font afi
dejjom, et far le Bruit de ceux <%ui iltmturznt au dejjous t
41
Un Seigneur, qui durant les troubles de la .Ligue,,
avoit long terns balance fans fuivrc aucun Parti, vint
un Jour a la Cour d'Hetiri I V. qu'il trouva joiunt a U
Prime j aufli-t6t que le Roy Teut appercau, il lui dir,
dpprocbez,, Monfaur, Joyez, le \?hn venu ; ft now gagncns$
fans doutc vans ferez, des nforcs.
43
Un Homme de Guerre clevant en pre fence de Slgti-
wond, les Dignitez Militaires, etmcpiifant les Magi-
ftratures: Tjifeat&p, lui die rEmpereur, et apprenez;
que ft torts les Magiftrats faifotent bien kur Devoir^ noiu
n'aurion* pat befiin d Officiers de Guerre.
44
Adolpht Comte de N^^nouvellement (riev(? a YEm-
pire d'slllernagne, envoya a Philippe Roy de France, un
cric injurieux, et lui fie fairc des Menaces fort ridi-
cules, Le Roy, qui t'toit plus moder, ic conbnci
de charger le Courrier d'une Feuillc de Papier, ou
pour toute R^ponfe il n'avoit l-crit en gros Caratfbere*
qne ces feuis Mots, TROP ALLLMAND.
45
Char fa V. difbit : Pour Bien dreflerun Corps 4'4r~
tnee, je voudrois que lei Italiens en fuffent la Tete, let E-
fpagnols let Braf, Its Allemans la Peitrin*, j eaufe At
JL * fritb-
1 49 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
Faithfullvtfi and Strength j and the other Nations the Betty
and feet.
46
Certain Soldiers, who w?re near the Coach of Ca-
therine of Medids, faid a thoufand abuftVe Things of
her; and as die Cardinal of Lcrrain told her that he
was going to fee them hang'd : No, m, anfwei'd
file,, let tbt.m go : I will this Day fiew Jo After-ages, that
in the fame Perjon a Woman a Queen, and an Italian,
have known 'how to command their fajjion.
47
King John being taken in a Battle which he fought
before l-citiers againft the Englfi, was conducted to
thsir Camp, where the Pi ince of Wales waited upon
him bare-headed at Supper. The King defu'd him
feveral times to fit by him, but the Prince excus'd
bimfelf with thefe Words : It does not become a Sub-
jea to fit by his Lor d t Afterwards the King told him:
/ defegnd to have treated you to Day at Supper, but Fortune
has been willing that you fwtld treat nfe.
48
.A Painter having promifed the^fineftof all his Pic-
tures, ro one who had no skill in thern^ this Man came
and told him cunningly, that his Houfe was on Fire :
The Painter cry'd prelently to his Prentice, Be fare
youfavefacb aPitfiire: By that means he found that
this muft be the beft, and he asked it of him aflbon as
his Trouble was over, and that he wasfatisfied that ic
was but a falfe Alarm
49
Certain Peafants complaining to a Captain, that
,,;;Miers had Robb'd them, he asked them whether
had left them any thing ? they anfwsred Yes,
lenr
Le Compdgnon Sage & Ingenieux. I 50
kur FiJetite ct ih lenr F>rct" deficits aittres Nations en
le Centre et las Pisa's.
46
Quelques Soldats qui etoient pr& da Carrofle de
Catherine de Mtdicis, dirent cenc Infolonces d'clle : EC
commel: Cardiml de Lorraine 1'eut ave tie qu'il les
alloit fdire pandre : NJH, non, lui repondic-elle, laif-
/ez, ks alter J js veux apprendre aujourfTh'.ty a la Pofterite,
ejiten nns tnetne Performs, uns Fewinc^ urn Reine, et une
j ont feu commander a Itur Colcre.
47
LeRoy Jean ayant 6 c pns en une Bitaille qu'il
donna devant Poitiers contre Ics Anglois, lac conUuit
dans leurCamp, oulePiince dzGaltes Ie lervit tera
nue a fbuper: Le Roy le pria plufwurs fois clj s'^fTvioir
aup;^5 de lui, mais le Prince s'en excufa par ces Pa-
roles : // nappartient pas an Sujet de s'afftoir aiipres fk fan
Seigneur ; en(uicc le Roy lui Jit : J'avois d^lin de votis
donner aujourd'huy a fouper t wais la Fortune a voittu ^ne
vous me laye* donne.
48
Un Peintre ayant promis le plus beau de tous fes
Tableaux ci une Perfonnc qui ne sVconnoiffoit p.is,
elleluivint dire adroitemsnc que le Feu croicen Ion
Logis : le Peintre s'coria d'abord a fbn Elevc, ^cn
me fnuve an tel Tableau. Elle reconnut par la que,,
c'etoic le meilleur, et le lui demanda apres q;ie fbn e.no-
ticn fut app.iifce,, et qu'il cut appris que cette allarmc
etoit feufl\
. 49
Qtulqu Js Paifans fe plaignant a un Capitainc qnc fcs
Soldats les avoient voleZj il leur demands s'ils leur avoi-
cnt laiiTc quelqus choicr i!s lai rjpondirent que o: i :
L 5
j$i The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
Weft, laid the Captain, then they are none of my Soldiers,
for they would certainly have taken all wiy.
50
ViingAlphinptt .inf.veredcsrtainPerfonSjWho preffed
him to give Battle when he muft have run a great
Danger : '7is the Duty of a General^ not only to Fight)
l)ui alfo to Conquer.
51
Vragut, a Tmkijlj Pirate, caufed Ibrahim to be put
to Death, 1 jtift after he had tlelivered up to him the
Town AptroJifium, which tha Moors call Mabudia ;
and becaufe he hadpromifed him his Life: and great
Hewards 3 he faid for his Juftification : That no body
ts obliged to keep his Word, with one who had been Trajtor
to hit own Country.
5*
'Afyhonfitf King of Aragon, drunk ib little Wine 3 that
his Friends wondring at it, ho laid : Alexanders ex-
efjji-ve Love of Wine, was a great Blefnifh to his Glory, fir
it obfcttres Reafon and Venue : He laid likewife : Whit
has two very til Daughter s 3 Fury, and brutijh Love.
5$
King Lewis XI. hearing that Nicolas Rautin, Chan-
cellour to the Duke of Burgundy, had founded a rich
Hofpital at Bsaune, faid : It is but reafan that the Chan-
tettor of Burgundy, -who in his Life-rim* has made fo many
Beggars, fiotiU in 'his latter Dqys build an Hoftitalfor them.
54
Charles Duke of Calabria, having Condemned a
Gentleman to pay a Hundred Florins of Gold to a
Maid whom he had abufed, commanded him to fol-
low the Maid, who had the Money about her., and
Le Qonqngnon Sage & l/igenieux. i $2
He Uen, letir dit le Capitaine, ce tie font done pas met
Soldats, ih auroient ajfurewent tout fm ports.
1*
Le Roy Alphonfe repondit a quelques Pei tonnes qui
Ic preflbient de Conner Bauille clans une Conjon&ure
dangereufe. Le Devoir fun Gtneral, e'ef de ^aincre,
non pat de Combattre [tulement.
51
Dragut, Corfaire Turc, fit tuer ttrab'an, qul venoit
de lui livrer la Ville tiAfbrodifum, que les Maura
uommenc Mabudia ; er comme il lui avoir promis U
Vie avec de grandes Recompences, il dit pour te
juft-ifier : Qttc per fount netoit oblige de tenir fa Parole a
celui <{ui avoit ete Traitre a \a Patriie.
5>
Alpbonfe Roy $Aragm t beuvoit fi peu de Vin ? que fes
Amis s'en Itonant, il leur dit : LAmcur f* IQeiandrc
tut pour le Vin terntt beaucoup Nclat de fa Gloire, il fait
cmbre & obfcttrit la Raifon et la Vertu 3 il difo'u encore, Le
Vm a deux fort mecbante* Filks, la Fureur et I' Amour brutal.
5?
Le Roy Louis XI. entendant dire que Nicolaf Rau-
lin, Chancelier du Due de Bourgogne, avoit fond^ un
riche Hopital a Beaune } dit: Heft bien raifonnMe ffu.s k
Chancelier de Bourgogne, qui de fin terns <i fait tanf de
Pauvres, batiJJ'e alafn de ces Jours un Hopital pour let logcr.
54
Ci<ir/M Due da CWre, ayant Condamr^ wn Gentil-
homme a donner cent Florins d'Or auneFiUe qu'il avoic
abulL'e, il Ini commanda de iuivre la Fille charges de
cetce Somme, ec de feindre de la lui vouloir orer. Ello
L 4 make
i 5 J The Wife and lageniow Companion.
ma-ke as if he would take it away from her.. The
Maid knew well enough how to keep it, and being \
come back, complained of his Violence to the Duke., I
who told him : Had you been as careful of keeping your j
Honour, as defending your Money , you would not have I
loft that, Go Sweetheart, do fo no more.
55
An Aftrologer advifed a Prince to fettle his Affairs,,
becaufe within three Days he was to die a violent
Death ; the Prince ask'd him, whether he had fore-
ieen what kind of Death he himfdf mould die ?
and he alluring him that he was to die of a Feaver
he told hinv, that to let, him fee the vanity of his Sci-
ence he fhould be hang'd that very Hour. Now as
the Aftrologer was feized to be led to the Place of
Execution, he laid to the Prince: Pray fee, my Lord,
whether my Trediftion be not true : Feel my Pul/e, and
you II be [enfihle that 1 have got a Fewer. Which fubtle
Anfwer faved his Life.
5<5
The Duke of Gutfe, after a Battle fought betwixt
Francis I#. and Charles V th. reproached one FiHanJri,
thattho' he was in com pleat Armour yet he had not
been feen in the Fight : I'll make it out, anfwer'd bold-
ly Vittandri, that I was there, and in that verv Place
where you durft not be feen : The Duke nettled by
this Reproach, threatned to punifh him feverely forir,
but he appeas'd him' with theie Words : I was my Lord,
with the Baggage pi'hcre your Courage would not have (offer-
ed you tofculk.
Lewis XII. King of France., faid : Moft Gentlemen have
tie (awe Fate with Adteon and Diom'edes -, they are dt-
ytured by their Don andHorfer^ intimating that Huntingv
feut
Sage & Jvgenieux. i 54
feut.bieii la gai der, & revint le plaindre defes Violences
au Due, qui lui dit : Si vow eujpez, en autant de foitt
pott)' eonferver votre Uonneur que pour defendre votre Argeni ',
vous ne Feujfisz, paf perdu j allsz, ML amis 3 ny retourr.ez*
55
Un Aftrologue avertit un Prince de mettre ordre i
fes Affaires, parce .qu'il devoit mourir dans trois Jours
d'uneMort violence; le Prince lui dcmanda s'il avoit pre-
veu de quelle Mort lui meme devoit mourir ? & fur cc
qu'il affura qn'il mourroit d'uneFievre chaude, il lui dit,
quc pour faire connoitre la Vanite de fa S$ience,il ieroit
pendu fur 1'heure meme. Comme on s'dcoit dcja laifi de
1'Aftrologue pour le conduire au Supplies, il die au
Prince , Voyex, Monfeigneur 3 fitna 'Prediction neft pas ve~
r it able 3 tatez, mot le Poux, & vctt/s fenfire*, Jije nat pas la
Fievre. Cette iubtilice lui fauva la Vie.
Le Due de Guife t apies une Battaile du RoyFraniw I.
contre Charles Quint, reprochoir au Sieur ViHandri, quc
bien qu'il fut armc de toutes pieces, on ns Tavoic point
veu dans le Combat ; je vous prouverai, lui repondit fie-
rement Villa-ndri^io, je m'y fuis trouv^, 6c meme en un
endroitou vous n'euffiez ofc paroitre. Lc Due pique de
ce reprocha, le menafoit dc quelque chatiment rigour-
eux 3 maisil Tappaila par cette Parole: J'etois, Seignertr,
avec le Ragage^ off votrs Courage ne vans cutpw perwis de
'vous CAcler.
57
Le Roy de France, LwV/sXII. dilbic : Laplupartdcs
Gentilhortfjtei ont le meme fort f'Afteon c^ Diomede ; th
font dtvorez, par IwnChivnet par burs Cbwjux. VouUnt
and
r 55 The Wife And Ingenious Companion.
and the being curious of fine Horfes ruined abundance
of People of Quality.
58
One that walked before King Atyhonfut, having giv-
en a thruft to a Branch of a Tree, it flew back, and
ftruck the Kings Eye black and blue, and made it (well.
As every one expreft how much they were fenfible of
his Pain : I havens Pain faid he, that more fenfibly affefts
me, than the Sorrow and Fear of him that hurt me.
59
A Man who had married an ugly Woman, upon ac-
count of her great Fortune, having one Day lurp.iiz'd
her with a Spark, he told her, Since tbou ha(t one that
Kiffes tbee for nothing. What needeft tkou get * Husband at
the Expence of thy Fortune.
60
A Plough-man feeing the Archbifliop ofCoIogn go by
attended with a great many Soldiers, could noc forbear
laughing: The Archbifliop preft him to tell him the rea-
fon: Tisbecmfel wonder, (aid the Plough-man, to fee
an Arch-bifhoparm'd^and follow'd not byChurcn-men,
but Soldiers, like a GeneraLof an Army. Friend 3 an-
fwer'd the Archqifhop, know that 1 am a Duke as well
as an Archbifhop ; In my Church I perform the Office
of an Archbifhop with my Clergy, but in the Field I
march like a Duke, accompanied with my Soldiers: I
under ft and you my Lord, replyM the Peafanr, But pray y tell
me, -when my Lor a Dxke goes to the Devily what will then
become of my Lord Arcbbtfoyp ?
6r
The D-jke of Milan being BsfiegU, and hard put to
ir in a Caftle by the Plorentinei, could find no manner
of Meat that pieas'd his Palate when he was at Table,
dire
Le Compagnon Sagc& Ingenieux. i 56
dire qua la ChalTe, et le fbin d'avoir de beaux Chveaux
ru'inoit beaucoup de Gens de Qualite*.
ss
UnePerfbnne quimarchoit devantle Roy Alpbonfo
ayant pouffe une Branche d'ArbrCjClle fit reflbrt,et frap-
pa 1'oeil du Roy,qui en fut meurtri, et en devinr fort en-
flc. Comme chacun lui temoignoit avoir part a fa. dou-
leur : Je n at point de Mal y dit-il, qui me toucke plus fenfi-
ty que la douleur et la crainte Je celat <\ui ma bleffe.
59
Un Homme qui avoit epouf< une laide Femme, en
confederation de fon grand Bien,l'ayant un jour furprife
avec un Galand, il lui ditj Puts tju'on te baife gratis , qtfetoit
il bcfoin de cbercher un Mart aux depen* de ton Bien ?
60
Un Laboureur voyant pafler 1'Archcveque de Cologne
accompagne de plufiears Solders, ne put s'empecher de
rire: L'Arcbeveque le preffi de lui en dire le fujstj C'eft,
dit le Laboureur^que je fuis etonne de voirunArcheveque
arme, et fuivi, non p is d'Ecclefiaftiqucs,mais de Gens ds
Guerre, comme un General d'Armee.. Mon ami, luire-
pondit TArcheveque^apprenez que jeiuisDuc aufli bien
qu Arcbeveque. Dans mon Eglife je fais l.i fondion
d'Archeveque avec mon Clergc,mais dans la Campagnc
je marche en Due accompagne de mes Soldats. J'entem
bien, Mm Seigneur, lui repliqua lePailan^rw^* dst es
votts prie, quand Monfieur le Due ira a tous les Diables,
Jvuiendra Monfieur I' Arcbrveque .
61
Le Due de Milan affiege dansun Chateau par les Flo-
rentinsf qui le preffoient fort, nc trouvoit aucune Vi-
ande a Ton gout lors qu'il &oit a Table ; et comme il
anJ
I $7 Tbe Wife And Ingenious Comp Anton.
and as he often quarreli'd with his Cook about it, this
cunning Servant after many other Excuies, told him
at laiT : My Lord, will you give me leave to lie plain with
you ? Tie M -it ts good and well dreft, but t Fatib t the Floren-
tines bav e taken away your Stomacb-
61
The Life of Pope Bvnifacius \ T \\\tb. wasfb irregular
that it was laid of him : That he came to the Soveraign
Pcntifcate like a Fox 3 livd like a Lion, and died like a Dog,
64
King Henry the IVth. being importun'd by a man
of Quality, who beg^'d a Pardon for a Ncph.vv of
his guilty of Murder, anfwei'd him: lamforry I
cannot grant 'your Re q Heft ; it becomes you to aft the
Tart of an Uncle., and me that of 4 King : 1 excufejour
Demand, excufe my Denial.
6;
An Impertinent Poet, having b^gun to read to
one a Poem of his o vn making, asked him, Which
oftbofeVerfes were the be(ll Tbofe, anfwered he. ?/;
baft nrt yet read, for they have not made my Head
ake.
65
A man of Note, coming trom a great Dinner, and his
Head lull of the Iweet vapours ot Wine^fignsd an Order
that was brought to him,which had ftarveda wholcpro-
vince, had not the thing besn prevented. 'He is to be ex-
cusd y laid a Jeftar upon it, for how cun a, man twagiiie in
tbefrft hour of Digeftion, that I'eople can ftarve an) wbtre.
66
When the Doge of Genoa was at Verfailles (where he
was come to make Submiifions to the King in the name
of his Common-wealth,) and was viewing all the Beau-
ties of the Place., a Courtier ask'd him what he found
there moft extraordinary jTi^/^/c^^r^anlwer^ he.
en
Sage & Ingenieux. 158
en querelloit fouvent fbn Cuifinier, ce domeftique
adroit, apis plufieurs autres Excufrs, lift die enfin :
VoulfXi vow, Monfeigneur, tjue je 'vow parle rxttement ?
les yiandes font bonne* > & bien preparees, mais francbemtnt
les Florentins vons degoutent.
61
La Vie du Ripe BonifaceVHI frit fi pen reglee,qu'on a
dit de lui : Quil entra au Sower ain Pontifcat^mmettnRe-
rftiil vecut comnte unLtva &qttil mourttt comme unChien-
6;
Le Roy Henrj\\. importune par un homme de Qua-
lui dtmandoitune Grace pouV (bnNiveii.,cuupa-
ble d'un allaffinarJui rcpondit: Je fuis bienfacht de nepott-
voir vous accordtr ce que vous r.-e Jewandcz,,}/- vouf fied bien
defa'm l'Qncle,&a may Jefaiie le Roy : J'extufc wire d*-
mandcj excuiez, mon refus.
^4
Un Pocce importun, apres avoir commenc6 de lire a
quelqu'un un Poeme qu'il avoit fait, demanda a celui qui
1'ecoutoit Iciquels de ces Veis ecoicnt les nicilUurs ? Ce
font ceux t repondit-il^ t^ue tu nas fas encore Iut> car Us nt
niont pas fait mal a la fete.
65
Un homme de Marque, au fortir d'un long diner, et
dans les douces iiimees du Vin,figna un O.dre qu'on lui
prclenta^qui cut ote le Pain a toute une Province 3 li I'on
n'y cut rcmedi'6. Heft excufabk t (\\t un Railleur la deirus,
le moyen de comprendre dam la prtmiere heure de la Dige^itni t
luonpuijje qvelfue part mourir de faim ?
66
Lorfque le Doge de Genes etoit a Verfailhs, (ou il etoit
venu faire des Soumiffions au Roy de la Part de A Re-
publique) ct qu'il en vifuoit toutes lesBeautes, uii Cour-
tiian lui demanda ce qu'il y trouvoit de plus extraordi-
naire : C'tjl de rny voir, lui rcpondit le Doge.
61 OA
i 59 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
. 6 7
Qdo, Bifhop of Bayeux in Normandy, and Brother t<$
William the Conqxeror, by his Mothers fide, was created
Earl of Kent by the Conqueror. Sometime after the
Bifhop hapned to fall into Difgrace^ fb that he was caft
into Prifon. The Clergy in thofe times were free from
the Secular Power, and the Pope efpoufing the Bifliop's
Quarrel, writ a fharp Letter to the King about it. The
King gave no other anfwer, but That be had intprifoned
the Earl 0/"Kent_, and not the Bifoop <?/ Bayeux.
68
A Venetian Ambaffidor at Roim, went through Flo-
rence, and waited on the late Duke of Tufcany. This
Prince com plained to the AmbaiTador., that the Repub-
lick hadfenthim a Venetian, whole Condudl during the
time of his Residence at his Court he was not fatisried
with. Tour Higbnefi, (aid the AmbafTXdour, ought not t*
Vender at it, for I canaffure you y that we have abundance
of Pooh at Venice : So have we at Florence, anfwer'dthe
great Duke, but we don t fend them abroad to treat ofpub~
lick 4 fairs.
69
A Prince jeer'd on of his Courtiers,"who had ferv'd
him in ieveral Embaflies, and told,, him, bs look d like
an Ox : I know not wbo I aw like, anfwer'd the Courtier,
buttbisIknoWy that I have bad the honour to reprefent you
upon fever at Occajions.
1
A Courtier taking his leave of the King, who fent
him upon an Embafly to another Prince : The chief In-
fruttivn I have to give you', faid the King to him, is that
your Condatt be entirely oppofite to that of your ~Pre<iecejJ'or :
Sir, reply'd the Ambaffador, / willfo behave my felfthat
your Aiajefy -will have no oceafien to give the likt Infrufti-
cn to him who flail faceted me,
Lf CompAgnon Sags & Itigenieux. 1 6 o
*7
Ettde Eveque de Bajeuxzn Nermandie, &. frere de Guil-
lame le Coxquerant, du core de fa Meie, fut cree" Comte
de Kent par le Conqueranr. 11 ariiva enfuite que cec
Eveque tomba en Difgrace, fi bien qu'il Tut mis en Pri-
fon. Le Clcrgc dans ce tems-Ia etoit exempt du bras
Seculier, Sc le Pape epoufant la QuerelJe de i'Eveqtie^
crivit aigrement au Roy Guillatwe la deflus. Lc Roy
ne lui fit d'autre icponfe, finon qu-il avoir mis en Prifon
le Ccmte de Kent,, c^ non I'Evetjue ile Bayetix.
68
Un AmbafTadeurde ftnije a Rome paffa a Florence, ou
il f.ilua le feu grand Due de Tofcane. Ce Prince fa plaig-
nit a cec AmbafTadeur de ce que (a Republique lui avoit
envoy un Venititn qui s'etoic fort mal conduit durant
le fejour qu'il avoit flit aupres dc lui. ll nefaut pas, dit
1'Anibalfadeur, quevotre Alteffe sen ctonue, car je la putt
ajjttrer que nous avons beaticoup de Foux el Venife. Nour
avons aufli nos Foux a Florence, lui rcpondit le grand
Due, mais nous ne les envojoni pas debars pour trailer dts
69
Un Prince railloit un de Ics Courtifans, qui 1'avoit
fei vi dans plufieurs Anrbaflades, & lui diibit, f'rf ref-
femyioit a un Bwuf: Je ncfai a qui je reffemble, lui repon-
dit le Courtilhn ; wais je fat que f at en fbcimeur de "jout
represent er tn plufieurs Qccafunt.
7
Un Homme de la Cour prenant cong6 du Roy, qui
Tenvoyoit en Ambaffade vers un autre Piince: Laprtn-
cipale Inftruflion que j'ai a vous tlcrwer, lui dit le Roy, eft
que 'Ocus obfer-viez, une conduitt toute cpptfee a cells de votre
Prcdectjjeur. Sire, lui repartit TAmballadeur../* vaifaire
tn forte que wire Mfi\eftt rx donnepaf une partille In/httftion
it ce/ui qtie me Jttccedtf*.
71 A
J 6 1 The Wife axd Ingeniou* Companion.
7*
> ' A Domeftick of King Henry the Great , and a Confi-
dent of his Amours^ obtain'd a Grant of him., and went
to the Chanceliour to make it pafs the Seals. The Chan-
ceHour finding fame difficulty in it, the Courtier prefs'd
him and offei 'd rg prove, that there could be no diffi-
cujty in the Cafe. Every one, laid the Chanceliour,, tnttft
weddlc with bis own Trade. My Trade, reply'd the Cour-
tier, who though 1 - himleif refle&ed upon about the con-
fidence of his Matters Amours., is fo good an Employment,
that, were the King but twenty Tears younger , I would not
change it for Fcurjucb of yours.
A Man whole Head was full of a Stage-Play of his
own making, was explaining the Plot and Defign of it
to a Courtier : The Scene, laid he to him, is in Cappado-
ciaj and to judge rightly of the Play, a man muft tranfyort
him (elf into the Country, and get acquaint (d with the Genius
of the People. Tou fay right, anfwer'd the Courtier,, and 1
think it were left to have it afted there.
75
Monfieurde^^//-,havingobfaJn'd a Penfion of the
King by the means of Cardinal Richelieu, this Cardinal
told him : Sir, I hope you wont leave out the word Penfion
in your Dittionary : No my Lord, anlwer'd Vatfgdas 3 norths
word Gratitude.
74
Senferade being come to the Academy, took the Place
of the Abbot Furetiere, whom he had no kindnels for,
and as he fat in it, he laid, Here's a Place where 1 am
like to fay many a foolish Things Very well, aniwer'd Fure-
itire, you have made a very good Beginning.
71 Un
Le CoMpctgnon Sage & Ittgenicux. i6i
7*
Un Domeftique du Roy Henry le Grand, qui
etoit confident du fes Amours, en obtint quelque
grace, & alia voir le Chancelier pour en avoir 1'ex-
pedition.-. Le Chancelier y trouvant de la difficult^,
le Courtifan le preflfoit, & vouloit lui prpuver qu'il
n'y en devoit pas avoir : il faut^ lui dit le Chance-
lier, que .cbacun fe m$le de fon metier. Mon Metier^
luirepondic le Courtifan, qui crut qu'il lui reprochoic
la Confidence de Son Maitres, eft tat si ben Employ,
que si le Roy avoit 'vingt ans de moins, je ?ii le changer ois
fat four quatre comme le votre.
7*
Un Homme entete d'une piece de Theatre de fa
facon, en expliquoit 1 intrigue & le Deffein a un Cour-
tifan : Lafcene, lui difoit-il, eft en Cappadoce il fart
/e franfpfrter dans ce ~Pais la } & tntrcr dans le genie de la
Nation, four bien juger do la Piece : Vous a-vez, raifon^
r^pondit le Courtifan, & je croi quette feroit bonne 4
jeuer fur les lieux.
K
Monfieur Je Vaugelas ayant obcenu une Penfion du
Roy par 1'entremile du Cardinal de Richelieu, ce Car-
dinal lui dit ; Au mains, Monfaut , vobs n oyblierez, 'fat
dans votre Dittionnairt le mot de Penfion. Non 9 Monfei^
gneur, lui repondk iSMgclas^ ni cehtl de Recowtoi/sance.
74
. Bevferade et^nt a TAcacjemie y prit la Place de 1'Ab-
be Furettere, qu'il n'almoit pas, & dit en s'y mettant ^
Void une Place oiije dirai bien cits jotijts : Courage, lui re-
pondit' Furetiere, VOHS ave'Z, fort bitn coinmwti.
M"
i6j ftie Wife W Ingenious Companion.
7T
The Marquis </ Ckatelet, another Academician, be-
ing got out of the Befifle, where he had been impri-
fbiVd upon a Slight occafion^ appeared before the late
King of France. The King who cared not to fee a
Man be had not well us'd, made it his bufinels to
turn ofFUs Eyes from him. The Marquis perceiving
k, drew near the Duke of S. Simon, and told him
lify Lcrd, I btg of you to teU the King that I forgive him,
and uljl] ht would do me the honour to look upon me. Which
had the efTc.fl he defied For the Duke having told
the King of it, his Majefty fell a laughing, and af-
terwards fpoke to him very gracioufly.
Lewis 5CIL King of France, while he was Duke
Orleans, iiad Ijeveral times been difobligd by two
Perlbns in Favour in the foregoing Reign. On
of his Confidents would perfuade him to (hew thef
his Rcicntment : No., anfwer'd the King, V below
tie King of France, to revenge injuries done to the Duke of
Orleans.
77
John II. Duke of Bourbon being a Hoftage in En-
gland for King John, feveral Gentlemen, VaiTals to
che Duke, caballed aga?.nft him in his Abfcnce, nd
encroached upon his Rights. One of his Officers
kept an exact account of all, and upon the Duke's re-
turn . pn r r ted him wirh a gteat Volume of it,
th>t j-:iri;t,c caufc jufHce to be done. The Duke
ask d him, v. Itcti.ei- he i.ad kept iik-wife a Regifter of
all the good Services they had ionnerly done him, to-
Le Compagttort Sage & Ingenieux. 164
7S
Le Marquis du Cbatekt, sutre Academicien, etanc
sorti de la Baftille, ou il avoic etc mis pour un fujet
afiez leger, fe prefenta devant le feu Roy de France.
Le Roy., qui avoit de la peine a voir un homme
qu'ii n'avoit pas ,bien traite, s'appliqupit a detour-
ner les yeux de deiTus lui. Le Marquis s'en apper-
cevant, s'approdia du Due de S. S/wc^ & lui die :
je wous prie, Morfaur, dt dire au Roy que je lui yardon-
ne s & quil we faJJ'e rbonneur de vie regarder. Ce qui
fit 1'efTet qu'll defiroit , car le Due 1'ayant die au-
Roy, il en rit, & lui parla enfuite fort obligeam*
riient.
Louis XII. Rpy de France, etant Due UOrleam,
avoit receu plufwurs deplaifirs de deux Perfonnes qui
ttoient en iaveur dans le regne precedent. Un de
fes Confidents Texcitoit a lui en temoigner fon re
fentiment : il eft indigne du Roy de France, repon-
dit il, de venger les injures faites ait Due d'Orle-
ans.
?he Wife ancl Ingenious
which the Officer anfwering, No : Then, reply 'd th^
puke, 'tis not ft far me to wake ?.vy ttff of this, and fo
threw it into the Fire, without giving it the reading.
7*
! The late Duke ofGuife's Steward was telling him
the neceflity he lay under of regulating his domeftick
Affairs, and gave him a Lift of feveral Perfons, that
were of no ufe in his houfe. The Prince having ex-
amin'd it, 'Tis true, fays he, I might make f)ift "without.
them all , but did yon ask them whether they could make
jbift "w'tihoHt me ?
79"
A wanton Gentlewoman rcproach'd her Brother
with his.ftrong Paffion for Gaming, which was the
.
ruin of him : lyfajtwill yen leave "off. 'Gaming ? Says /lie
to him : when you II ceafe to Love, anfwers the Brother.
Ob \ Unhappy Man, replied the Sifieiy then fiu are &kt
"to gtme all your Life-time.
So
. ' "
A Man of Quality, travelling in Spain, went to fee
the Efcuria /, and as he view d the Rich and Magnifi-
cent Convent of the Monks of the order of St. Jewm,
called the Cloifler of St. Laurence, the Surjeriour, who
Conducted him, told him the Particulars of its founda-
tion| and how King-Philip If. hatV caus'd it to be built
to perform the Vow he made on that Day the Battle
o't St. Ouenux was fought, which was on St. ! Laurence
Day, in cafe he ftiound come off Victorious; where
upon the Traveller, admiring the Magnificence of tha
Building, faid : Father, that Kingmuft needs he *#
Fear } - when kfHntdi J-o great A few,'
non
Le Campagnon Sage'&hgsnieux. 166
non : */ neft done fas jufte, repUqua Ic Due, quc je
fajfi aucun ufage dt celui cr } & le jetta dans le feu fans
le lire.
7
L'Intendant Du feu 'Due de Gaife lui jeprefeptok. I?
neceflice qu'il y avoit de mettre ordre a fes affaires do-
meftiques, & lui donna urie'lifle de plufieurs perfonnes
inutilcs dans fa Maifon. Le Rtince- 1 ayant exaimn^,
tl eft way, lui dit il, que je fourrois bltn me pafjer de Soys
fes Gens la : Mail leur aez, <vous dcmf.rJij tils owitit
79
Une demoifelle galante reprochoit a fon Frere fa
paflion pour le jeu qui le ruinoit : Quan J cejjcrcz, von*
de joitr } ' lui dk elle: Quawl VOHS cefferez, d'arytcr,
repor^dic le Frere. Ah ! MalbeumK:, repliqua I^i
ibcur ; f' r cffs joiiereZj done touts vvtre vie.
80
Un homme de Qualite, voyageant en EfpMgtte, alia
voir YEfcurial, & comme il vificoic ce riche &: niagnKi-
que Con vent de Religieux'del'ordre dc S. Jerome, y\iot\
nomme le cloirre de S.Laurent, le Snperieur qui le
conduifoic lui raconca les parcicularitez de fa fondacion;
il lui die comme le Roy Philippe II.' 1'avoic faic bacir
ppurfatisfaire au yocu qu'il en tide jour de la bacqilie
dp .(jue*pin 3 qui fuc donnce le jour dc S.Laurenty en cas
qu'il en forcic victprieux: 1^ delfus le Voyageur lui die
en admirant ' la Magnificence de ce fcarimem :
Ycre y il falo it e^us cs Roy CM grand p;w t hrs qiSil ft tn
fi grand <vccu.
M Jt.H
\6j The Wife and Ingenious Dowpanion.
8r
All the Teeth of a certain talkative Lady being
loofe, (he ask'd a Phyfician the caufe of it, who An-
fwered, It proceeded from the 'violent foakings flje gave
them, with her Tongue.
82
A bad Painter who could not put off his Pictures,
went into another Country and turn'd Phyfician
one who went that way knew him again, and ask'(
him for what reafon he went in the habit of a Phy-
iician , I have a mind, faid he, to profefs an art, where-
in all miftakes are covered by the earth.
8;
Certain Young Ladys walking in the fields met in
their way, a Shepherd, who carried a Lamb to the
Market, one among .them coming near, ftroak'd it,
and faid to her Companions, Look, how petty he is, be
has yet no Herns the Shepherd hearing that, reply 'd,
'tis becaufe he is not yet married.
84
The Kings Court being at a certain Town,two Gen-
tlemen walking together met a Clown beating his Afs
unmercifully ,- they faid to him harkee friend, have
you no confcience to abufe that poor beaft at this
rate ? the Man pulling off his Hat, prefently reply'd,
C>7 Mercy good Mr. Afs 9 I did not think you had relation*
at Court.
Toutes
Le Companon Sage & Ingenieitx.
$1
Toutes les dents d'une Demoifelle, qui par ! oit beau
coup, etanc pretes a tomber, elle en demacda la caufe
a un Medecin, qui lui repondit, tjtte c ctoit k canfe det fe*
coujjes, yuelle Intr donnoit avec fa langtif.
82
Un mechant Pcintre, qui ne pouvoit vendre fes ou-
vrages, s'en alia dans un autre pais & s'y fie Medecin^
Quelqu' un qui paifoic par la le rcconnut & iui deman-
da pour quelle raiibn il alioic vetu en Medecin ? II re-
pondic, ^ai voultt proftjfir un Art y oil toutes IttfauteJ ^ns
on y fait) font cower tes par la Terre,
8?
Certaines Demoifelles, (e promenant a la campag-
ne, rencontrerent par lechemin un Berger qui porcok
un chevreau a, maiche; une d'encre eiies sen ecant
approchee, le caiella &c dit a fes compagnes, Regarfaz,
com me il eft joly, il na point encore de comes; le Berger cn-
tendant cela, leur reponditj c'eft yyil neft fas encore
marie.
La Cour du Roy e'can: en une certaine ville, deux
gencilshommmesfi promenanc enfemble rencontrerent
un Paifan qui battoit fon Ane avec excez, ils Iui dirent
auffi tot, he, mon amy, n'avez vous point de confci-
ence de maltraicer ainli cette pauvre bete ? Get hom-
me ayant 6{e fon chapeau die au(Ii toe, Pardon, mon-
fieur I'Anc, jc r.c croyois pas *jue vons tuffics dss parens a I*
Cour.
M 4 A
and Ingenious Companion.
A Citizen faid to a Courtier, that he had eafcd
himfelf of a heavy Burdtn , by paying a Sura of
Money he ow d ; and that he could not apprehend
how one could Sleep that was deeply indebted. And
I , aniwer'd the Courtier , who was in Debt over
Head and Ears, do very easily apprehend it ; but I cannot
imagine how rny Creditors can Sleep, when they think I
fhaU never fay them.
The Baron Jes Adret-s , one of the Generals of the
"Huguenots , took during the Wars a Cattle belonging
to the Catholicks, and condemn'd all the Soldiers
that had defended it , to leap out at a Window of
that Caftle , one of them advancd twice to the brink
of the Precipice , and ftill he Jhrunk back , where-
upon the Baron told him , Come , take your Leap
without any more ado, for Fll niake you fuffer grea-
ter Torments if you go back a third time. Sir, an-
fwer'd the Soldier, jime you take the thing to le fo eafy,
J lay you dont do it in four times. Which fo pleas'd
the Baron , that as cruel as he was , he pardoned the
Soldier upon accout of this Repartee.
87
A young Lady being in Company with her Hus-
band, they began to tell merry Stones, and every one
had his own , when it came to the Ladies turn , fhe
was pleas'd to relate all the Stratagems that a Spark
fcad us'd to get one Night into the Room of a Wo-
man he lov'd, and whofe Husband was abfent^ but
k fell out unluckily as they were together, very well
Le Companion Sage & Ingenieux. 170
Un homme de la Ville dit a un Courtifan,
venoic de fe decharger d'un pefant fardeau en payan;
une Somme qu'il 'devoit, & qu'il ne comprenoit pas
comment on pouyoit dprmir, quand on etoit charge
dedettes: Pour tnoy, repondit le Courtifan, qui etoit
fort endettcv, Je le comprens facilcment rnais f
prtns pas comment met Creanciers peirvent dormir t
bicn que je ne les payerai jamais.
86
Le Baron des Adrets , Tun des chefs du Parti
wit , prit durant la Guerre un Chateau du Parti des
Catholiques, & condamna les Soldats qui 1'avoient de-
fendu a fauter du haut en has d'tme Tour de ce Cha-
teau .; Un du ces Soldats s'avan^a par deux fdis au
bord du Precipice, & s'en recula par deux foisj le
Baron lui dit, Saute done fans tant marchandcr, car
je vais te faire foarTrir bien d'autres tourmens ll tu
recules pour la troifieme fois. Monfeeur , lui repondic
le Soldat, Ptrifejue you* trouvez, la cbofe fi facile, ft iwifjf
la elonne en yuatre : Ce qui plut a ce Baron , qui tout
cruel qu'il etoit 3 lui pardonna en faveur de ce bon
mot.
Une jeune Darne t-tant en Compagnic avec fbn
Mary, on fe mit fur les bons Contes, & chacum die
ccux qu'il favoit j . la Dame en voulut dire un a fbn
tour, & raconta toutes les addreiles dont un Galand
s'ctoit fervi pour s'introduire la nuit dans la Chainbre
d'une Femme qu'il atmoit 3 &: done le Mary etoit ahfent;
hiais par malheur, ajoi>ta-t-elle^ comms iis uoie?u- eri
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
jpleas'd with one another, that the Husband comes
and knocks at the Door. So you may imagine , faid
Ihe what Trouble I was in. Tf i prepofterous Reflexi-
on caft her Husband into another fort of Trouble,
by giving him to underhand what (hare he had in
this Adventure , and how his Wife had blurted out
a Truth, which /he never defign'd to let him know.
88
Count Marrtfilt having received three Routings in
Germany, went to the French King for new Recruits.
As he was feeing the two Qut ens one day at Dinner,
the Queen Mother faid , They fay Ccunt Mansfelt />
here among the Croud. I do not believe it , faid the
young Queen, for wbevfoever he fees a Spaniard he runs
away.
89
A Captain that had a wooden Leg booted over ,
had it fhattered to pieces by a Cannon Bullet , his Sol-
diers crying out, A Surgeon, a Surgeon for the Captain.
JV0, 00, (aid he, a Carpenter ivi& Jerve my turn.
90
A Secretary of State in France, pafling the 'Pont-neuf,
or New Bridge at Paris , between Nine and Ten a
Clock in a Winter-night , with his Lacquey carrying
a Flambeau before him, o're-heard a noife of cla/hing
of Swords and Fighting , and looking under the
Flambeau, and perceiving they were but two, he bid
his Footman go on. They had not gone many paces,
but two armed Men , with their Piitols cock'd , and
Swords drawn, made pufhing towards them : One of
femble.
Le Compxpnon Sa*e & h*emeux.
femble, fort contens Tun de Tautre, Void )e Mari qtri
revint frapper a la porte : Im.tginez. vctts, dit elle, alert
fembarras ch je fus. Cette reHexton mal place'e , jetta
fon Mary dans un autre cmbarras, en lut faifant con-
noitre la part qu'il avoit en cette avanture, & comme
fa femme, fans y penler, avoit lahTe echapper une verkc
(ju'elle n'avoit pas intention de lui apprendre.
Le Comte de Mansfek, ayant perdu trois Battailles
en AUcmagrc ^ vint demander de nouveaux Renforts
au Roy de France. Un jour qu il alia voir les deux
Reines a diner., la Reine Mere dit : On dit yue le Cent*
ele Mansfelt eft far mi cette Foule ; je nen crots rhn,
Dit la jeune Reine, Car il prend la fyttt <Tabord quit
voit un TZfyagnd.
89
Un Capitaine qui avoit une jambe de bois bottce_, y
recent un coup de Canon qui la lui fracalTa ; & comme
fes Soldats demandoient un Cbirnrgttn } Un Chlrurgun
four le Capitaine. No, nan ) dit il, un Charpenthr ftrti
mon affaire.
90
Un Secretaire d'Etat en France, paffant en hyver
fur le Pont-neuf a Parity fur les neuf a dix heures du
foir avec fon Laquay & un Flambeau pout 1'eclairer,
il entendit un Chamaillis d'Epces & de gens qui fe
battoient,, & voyant a la faveur du Flambeau., qu'ils
n'etoitent que deux ., il dit a fon Laquay do palier
Chemin. A peine eurent ils fait quelques pas que deux
hommes armez , avec leurs Piftolets bandez, & IVpea
nue, s'en vinrent fierement a eux : 1'un d'eux avoic un
them
The Wift and Ingenious Companion.
/them had a Paper in his Hand, which he faid, he
had cafually took up in the Streets., and had occafion'd
-their difference,- therefore they, defired the Secretary
to read it, with a great deal, of Complement. Th.e
Secretary took out his Spectacles, and fell a reading the
faid Paper, whereof the Subftance was, That it fimld
fa known to all Men, that ivlofvcver did pafs over that
Bridge after Nine a Clock in Winter, am! Ten in Sum-
mer , -was to leave bis Cloak behind him , and in cafe
pf no Cloak, his Hat. The Secretary ftarted at this ,
one of the Rogues told him , That he thought tha
Paper concerned him , fo they unmantled him , an$
niy Secretary was content to go home in
The Duke of Ojjuna, Viceroy of Naples, pafling by
Barcelona, and having got leave to releafe feme Slaves,
he went aboard the Cape Gaily , and pafling through
iheCrewof Slaves, he ask'cj divers of theiu what
their Offences were; every one excus'd himfelf upon
feveral pretences , one faying , That he was put in
put of Malice ? - another by Bribery of the Judge, }?ut
all of them unjuftly. Among the reft, there was one
fturdy little black Man ., and the Duke asking him
what he was in for. My Lord 3 fa id he, / cannot deny
but I am juftly fat in here, for I wanted Money } and
fo took a Purje hard by Tarragona to keep me from
Starving. The Duke , with a little Staff he had in
his Hand, gave him two or three blows upon phe
Shoulders, laying, Tou Rogut, what do you do awongf
fo m*ny hone ft y innocent Men ? Get you out of their Com-
pany. So he was freed, an3 the reft remained flill to
Tug at the Oar.
Papier
Le Cowpa&non Sage & Interne**. 174
Papier en fa main , qu'il dit avoir ramafle par hafard
dans la. rue, &: qui avoitcaufe leur dcmele; c'eft pour-
qnoy ils prierent fore civilemcnt Je Secretaire de le
Hre. Le Secretaire tira fes lunettes, & fe mit A Kre ce
Papier, dont le contenu eroit. // eft fait a fcavoir a
toutts' Perfonnes e[ue quicorque pajfera Jar ce Pont apres
nmf beures en hyver 3 & <hx en Ett, II aye a laiffer fan
M.mteatf ) & en cas ejrtil naif pjat Je Manteau , f<m
Cbapeau. Comme un des Tik)us vit -que le Secretaire
treffailloit de peur, il lui dit^ qu'il croyoit que cet eerie
le regardoit , ainfi ils lui prir.ent fon Manteau,, & no-
tre Secretaire fut content de ce qu'on le laiflk aller
^Jaffiblement chez lui en pourpoint,
9V
" Le Due d'QJfom i Viceroy de Naples , paflant paf
liafaldne.,. & voula'nt ie fervir du Droit qu'il avoit ds
delivrer quelques Formats, alia fur la Galere Capi-
tainelfe,, & paifent par la Chiourme, il interrogea
plufieurs f : or cats toucha.nc.leurs Crimes Ils s'excufe-
rent tous fur divers Pretextes -, Ics uns difan:'quils
J
ecorent la par malice, les autres 'pnrce que leur Jugs
avoit' cW corrohvu,' mais tous ihjultement. Parmi
cetrx-ci "il ie rencomra un petit hoiiand efperlucac,
& comme le Due lui demanda pourquoi rl erorc la :
Mffifltghfur$ die l\ y je -ne jauroit nkr-cjue ce ns fait avet
jujtice qtiori ma ntrs id $ CAY me trouvxnt fans argent^
je prif une Bourfe pres de Tarrafcon pour m'ewpfabir
fie mourlr de falm. Le Due , avec un petit baton qu'il
avoic en fa main ,.lui donna deux ou,crois coups fur
l r epaule , & lui dit , Coyuin } f-;xcfi ce que lu fan set
parmi 'font de gens de ifett qtH {'orit trnocens ? Son
Cement de leur CoMpagnk. Anfi il fut mis en liberce, fit
ks autres dtmeurei^ent pour tirsr a ia Ramc.
91
175 Ifa Wife and Ingenious Compauion.
f james I. King of England, asking the Lord Keeper
Bacon, what he thought of the French Ambalfador,* he
anfwer d, that he was a tall, proper Man. Ay, replied
the King, What think you of his Head-piece ? Is he a
proper Man for en AmbxJJ'ador ? Sir , fa id Bacon, Tall
Men are like high Houfes, wherein commonly the uppermost
Rooms are u'orjt furnifoed.
93
Chriftopher ofPlaccntia, a merry Gentleman, and a
good Companion, but very poor withal, finding one
Night fome Thieves in his Houfe , told them with-
out putting himlelf in a Paffion, / cannot imagine what
you expett to find in my Houfe in the Night 3 ftnce I can
fnd nothing in it my ft If in the Day-time.
94
An Italian Earl, about Naples, of a hundred thou-
fand Crowns a Year, married a common Laundrefs *
whereupon Pafauin the next Sunday Morning , had a
foul and moft dirty Shirt put upon his Back, and this
Tart Libel beneath : Pafquin, how now* A foul Shin
upon a Sunday ? The anfwer in Pafyuins behalf was, /
tannot help it } for my Laundrefi is made a Countefs.
91
It was a tart Jeft , which was in this manner put
upon the Pope, and one of his Nephews, at the latter
end of the Year 1649. It feems , the good old Fa-
ther had advanced the Spark from a poor ignorant
92 J*-
Le Compaction Sage & Ingcniettx. 176
I. Roy d' An^leterre demandant au Chancel-
lier Kacon, ce qu'il penloit del 'AmbafTadeur de France}
\\ refpondit que c'etoit un homrne de belle taille.
Ouy } rtpliqua le Roy s mats que elites vous de. fa rjte ?
Ejt-elle fropre pour une A&fajjfak? Sire, dit Bacon } lei
Gens grards font conmt Ls Maifors dt cinq en fix ft ages ,
e les Chatnbres les fins huutes font ordinairetnent les plus
wal garnies.
9?
Chriftophe Jt Plaifwre, Gentilhomme agr&ble & bon
compagnon, m.ais fort pauvre, tro"va-pt une nuit des
voleurs dans fa maifon, leur die, fam fq mcttre en co-
lere , Je ne fcoy cs a f m vous prctcndt-z, trcuver flans mn
Mrifon pendant la r.ttit, puifytte MCJ weine, je riy trouve
rien pendant le jour.
94
Un Corme Itaitw, des environs de Ntplets, <qui avoic
cent milie ecus de rente, ayant cpoufd une, /imple
BlanchiiTeufe ; le Dimandie d'apres, on vjt Pstfepim
avec une Chemife fcxtrememenc lale, & ces mots fa-
tyriques au deflbus : Fi dove, Pafquin, Une Chtnife fatt
unjsur de Dimatiche ? La reponfe en faveur de Pejejui*
ccoit, Je m faurcu e^uy fs.irc y car ma kiar.chifcuje tjt
devaius CetKfrfft'.
S-5
On fit une Raillerie fort piquante fur le Pnpe , 8c
un de les Neveux , fur la fin de Pan ne'e i ^4-;. ln
eette nianie^e. Le bon Pcre a\oic e'.iivc ce
rae de la Condition d'un mifcrabie beiivt uc
177 Tfo Wife and Ingenious Companion.
Taylor, to the Dignity of a 'Roman Baron : All the An-
cient Nobility were difgufted at this , and fome arch
wag was fee at work to ridicule thd Popes Con-
daft, and the new Barons honour. Wherefore on
Cbrifrmas Day early in the morning, Pafiitil was ob-
ferred to be apparel I'd in Rags, and a very nafty ha-
bit, with a Schedule of paper in his hand, wherein,
was writ. How vow, Pafqurl, what ! All in Rags on a
Chriftmas day ? the anfwer for Pafyuil was, Alas, I
cannot help it, for my Taylor is become a Baron.
9 6
One day a Thief was carried to the Gallows, 2nd
as his Confeflbr ask'd him whether he was not forry
for baring committed the Theft for which he wa? go-
ing to fuffer, Tes, reply 'd the Malefador, Buf I am
fiiR more forry that I did not fleal enough to Me my
Jvfcs.
97 :
Two Ladies playing at Picquet, a young Lord came
to them, and ask'd them what they play'd for. They
anfwer'd that they only play'd for honour^ then then
will be nothing for the Cards, reply'd he.
98
A Lawyer told his Client, his adrerfary had remot'd
his fuit out of one Court into another , to whom the
Client reply *d, Let him remove it t the Devil tf be pleafes:
J am f*re mj Attorney, for money, will follmv it.
99
A Ufurer had cbnftantly two di/hes brought to his
table, but eat of but one j his Man once brought but
a la
Le Companion Sage & Ingenieux. 178
i\ la dignite de Baron de Rome , Toute I'ancienne No-
blcfTe en fut piqu& : & on charges un Efpr it malin de
tourner en ridicule, & la conduite du Pape, & la dig-
nite du nouveau Baron , fur cela on vie le jour de
Noel , de grand matin , Pafyuin vetu d'un habit fort
fale & tout dechire avec un morceau de Papier la
main, avec ces mots. Quoy done, Pafquin, d'ouvien-
nent ces Guenilles un four dt Noel ? La reponfe en faveur
de Pafejuin etoit, Helas .' je ne [aurois yu'yfaire, car mon
Tailleur a ete fait Baron,
96
Un jour on menoic un voleur a la Potence, & com-
me fon Confefieur lui demandoit s'il n'etoit pas fa-
che d'avoir commis le larcin pour lequel il alloit etre
pendu : Ouy 3 lui repondic le Criminel, mais cequi me
fache davantagtjc'eft de n avoir fat ajjez, vols four corrom-
pre met r j ug es.
97
Deux Dames joiiant au Piquec , un jeune Seigneur
vine fur le jeu, qui )eur demanda ce qu'elles jouoienr,
elles lui dirent qu'elles ne joiioient que pour 1'honneur.
II riy aura done rien pour les caries ; repliqua t-il.
98
Un avocat die a fon Client, que fa Partie adverfe
avoic porte 1'affaire d*une cour zl une autre, a quoi le
Client repondic, Elle na eju a la Barter au Diable Ji elie
<veut ; Je Juu few que mon Procureur ?y pcttrfuivra pour de
Fargtnt.
99
Un Ufurier fe faifoit tou jours fervir deux Plats a
Table , quoy qu'il ne toucnac qu'a un ^ un jour fon
N one,
179 The Wife and Ingenious Companion ] .
one, and left the other behind. Sirrah,- hid his Ma*
fter, Where's &*(&i$&fo>?l Sir,: fad he, It-b.as.cami
fooftyl tkvugbt it would: -have found, its way hitben
without my affijtance.
'
A Lawyer being Sick, made his will , and gave ar
way all. his Efiate to Luoatick, Frantick, and Mad
People-: And being ask'd why he did fo, he reply'dy
From fitch he bad it, and ta.Jucb be wttld give . if
again.
.<.
. A Taylor carried his Biilto; the Duke of Bt&h&
bam, who faid-he could not then pay him, but mads
him flip a Mefs of his Broth , which having done,
he humbly thanks .his Grace, and Jakes his leave. He
had not been at home 'exerci ling his Shears , but b^'
was fie for the Bodkin , for his Broth began to ope-.
race, and provok'd him to call up his Wife, who pre-
fently attended his Motion , being eafily .prevail'd
withal. So as the Potage began to work with, him /
he- work'd with her ,. aad: having highly pi? afed his
Wife, as well. as hin^felf, with a Kiis difmiis'd -heiu
Within a quarter of an Hour he calls her up again,
aod fo he did to the third and fourth time. Ac-laft
/he ask'd him, how this ftrange and fuddeii Altera-
tion came? So he told her. My Lord did not pay
him liis Bill, b t gave him a Porrenger of his Broth"^
which" had wrought thefe vigorous Effeiffe. To which
fr-c reply d, Prithee , Husband, if my Lord ts iv tiling t
take out all thy Bill in this Broth.
'
. .
valent
Le Compagnon Sage & Ingenieux. I fco
valet n'en fervit qu'un , & laiffa 1'autre. Cocjuin ,
lui dit fon Maitre, Ob eft Fautre Plat? Movfieur, die il,
ll eft vena id ft fouvent, jue je croyois yiiil retrouueroit
ajjtz, la cbetnin-fam moj.
100
Un Avocat etant malade , fit fon Teftament &
donna tout fon Bien aux Fous , aux Lunatiques , &
aux Enragez: Et comme on lui en demanda la raifon,
il repliqua, Qtfil vouloit le rtndre a cwx de tjui il le
tenoit.
101
Un Tailleur alia porter fes Parties au Due de Buck-
ingham, qui lui dit-qu il ne pouvoit pas le payer alors,
mais lui fit prendre une ecuellee de fon Bouillon , cc
qu'ayant fait , il remercia tres humblement fa Gran-
deur, & fe retira. II n'eut pas e'te long terns chez lui
^ faire aller fes Cifeaux, qu'il eut affaire de fon Poin-
$on ^ car le Bouillon commen^ant a operer , il faluc
qu'il fit monter fa Femme, laquelle ne fe fit pas beau-
coup prier pour venir voir ce qu'il (buhaitoic. A me-
fure que le Bouillon operoit fur lui, il en fit autant
fur fa Femme , &: s'etant bien diverti avec elle, il lui
donna un baifer,, & la renvoya. Dans un quart
d'heure il la fit remonter,- et puis une troifieme &
quatrieme fois. Enfin elle lui demanda d'ou venoic
un Changement fi etrange & fi fubit ? II repondit
que Milord ne lui avoit pas paye' fes Parties , maisi
qu'il lui avoit donne, une ecuellee de fon Bouillon,'
qui 1'avoit rendu fi vigoureux: i quoi la Femme
repliqua : Je te prie, won hen, fi Milord le vent, paji
toi de toutes tes parties
N 2 162
1 8 1 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
102
A Taylor, blind of one Eye, was come home
fooner than his Wife expe&ed , and becaufe, during
his abfence, (he had entertain'd her Lover, and could
not tell how to convey him out $ fhe bethought her
felfof this Stratagem, fhe goes to her Husband, and
takes him about the Neck, claps her Hand upon his
good Eye , and told him (he was a dreaming laft
Night he could fee with the other Eye , in the mean
time her Spark flipt out.
103
A Taylor having a young and handfom Wife ,
went into the Country to his Cuftomers ; in the mean
time a lufly young Journey- man follicited her, but
fhe refus'd ; at laft he vow d , when (he was in Bed,
he'd come into the Chamber ; (he vow d if he did ,
fhe'd have a great Knife in Bed with her to cut his
Throat. At Night, he opens the Door foftly, but re-
membring the Knife , was ftealing out again. She:
hearing a noife, asked, who was there ? Tis I, fays
he, and was refolv'd to lye with you, but that I re-
member'd your Vow of the Knife. Oh .' -what a Fool
was I, fays fhe, to have the Knife bilw in the Kit-
cbtn ?
104
One at a Lord's Table , told him of a Piece
Chymiftry, which he law in Flankers, which was ft
general Cure for all Diicafes , nay, 1 confels my lelf,
lays he, I could not have belie v'd it, if 1 had not;
ieen it,- at which the Lord wondied much, and ask d:
102 Un
Le Campagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 181
102
Un Tailleur borgne revint au Logis avant que fa
Femme 1'y attendit ; & comme pendant Ion abfence
:lle s'etoit divertie avec (on galand, & qu'elle ne fa-
/oft comment le fairc fbrtir, elle s'avifa de ce Stratage-
TIC : Elle s'approche de fon mari, lui faute au cou,
net fa main fur fon bon oeil, & lui dit qu elle avoit
.bnge la nuit paflce qu'il y voyoit de 1'autre 1'oeil, 6c
dans ce terns la fon galand fe fauva.
10;
UnTailleur,qui avoit une Femme jeune & belle,s'en
tant alle en Province chez fes Chalands ; un de fes
Compagnons jeune & vigoureux tacha de la corrompre^
nais elle le rebuta j Enfin il jura que lors qu'elle leroit
:ouchee, il la viendroit trouver dans fachambrej 6c elle
ura de ion cote que s'il le faifoit, elle auroit un grand
Couteau dans fon lit pour lui couper la gorge La
nuit venue, il ouvre doucement la Porte, mais fe rel-
buvenant du Couteau, il alloit refortira la derobes :
Elle, entendant du bruit, demanda qui c'etoit ? C'eft
rnoy,dit il, qui avois refolu de coucher avec vous,n'ttoic
que je me fuis refibuvcnu du ferment que vous avez
fait du Couteau. O ! lafofte que jcfuis. dit elle,
tublie le Coutdau la las dans la Cuijtne \
183 The Wife axd Ingenious Companion.
a Grave Philofopher at the Table , what he thought
of it, Why truly, my Lord , fays he, that Gentleman /has
fpoken ff)j Sentiments, for he faid he toulA not have bdierfd
it unlefs behadfeen it, and truly no'tneirwill 7.
105-
A Gentleman came into an Inn in Chelmsford, up-
on a very cold Day,, and could get no room near the
Fire, whereupon he calls to the Oftier to fetch a peck
of Oyfters, and give them to his Horfe prefently ;
will your Horfe eat Oyfters, reply'd the Oftler, I
pray^ try him, fays the Gentleman j Immediately the
People running to fee this wonder, the fire fide was
clear'd 3 and the Gentleman had his choice of Seats.
TheOftler brings the Oyfters.,andfaid the Horfe would
not meddle with them , why then, fays the Gentle-
man, I muft be forc'd to eat them my felf.
106
A Gentleman wanted two refolute Ruffians, to do
fome Exploit on one that had abufed him, his Man
brings him two whofe Faces were flaih d and Cut : Nb 3
lays he, J'// have new of you: but if you can bring we them,
who gave you tbofe Wounds, they are for my turn.
107
Two Friends, who had not feen one another a great
while, meedng'by chance- one ask'dthe other how he
did ?' he laid hs was not very well, and was Married
fince he faw him . That is good news indeed, lays he ;
Nay, not ioTnuch good news, neicher, lepiies the o-
qu'il
Le Compzgnon Sage ~& hgenieiix. 184
|ui etoit a Table, ce qu'il en croyoit : Vrayment, Mi- '
ordj cfit-U, ce Mofrfotfr la went d'expliquer wcs fenttntens y
ar il a dit yuil ne lent pdint ereu, a mo'ms qiis de F avoir
veu } & rnoy je ne faurols le croire non flits.
'
Un Gentilhomme arriva dans une Hotelerie de
'nlmsfird, un jour qu'il faiibk grand froid, & cdrnme
1 ne pouvoit avoir place aujireYda ftu, il appella
e.valec d'Efcurie, &lui ditd'atler ch^rcher un Picotin r
d'Hukres,, & de les donnef arf plus vite a fon cheral/
Eft-ce que votre cheval mange *Jeshlikre*, reprit le \'a-
et d'Efcurie ? Vous n'avezq^ eflfayer, lui dit le Gen-
tilhomme. D'abord tout le nionde_ accqurut pour
voir certe merveiile, Sc le feu demeuranr li^re^ le
Gentilhqmm? prit la place qu il voulur. 'Un mom)i!t "
apr^s le valet iElcurie rapporte les rfukres., 8: dit que '
b Cheval n'y vo\iloit'pas mordrej-'He Wen/'dk le
Gentilhomme, il faut que je les mange moi-memft. r*
Un Gentilhonme ayant affaire de deux Coupe-jar-
redeterminez{our faire piece a un'horhme <|ui lui
avoitfait aft>ont fdn vale* Uri eri aibena deu^, qui
avoient le vifa'ge >alafre : Non, dit-il, je m wax point:
fait ces Balfifrcf, Is firont mow affain
i~'7
Deux Arnisqui re s'etoient pas veus depuis long terns,
fe rencontrant par hazard, Tun d eux demanda a 1 au-
tre comment il fe prtoit ? il lui dk pas trop bien, &c .
quils'etok mari <epuis qu'il ne J'avok veu .- voila
une bonne nouvelk, dit-il , Pas trop bonne, lui repli-
N 4 ther,
i8f The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
ther, For I have married a Shrew that is bad, faid the
other ; not fo bad neither, faid he , for I had two
Thoufand Pounds with her , that's well again, faid
the other , not fo well neither, for I laid it out in
Sheep, and they died of the Rot j that was hard in-
deed,, fays his Friend; notfo hard neither, fays he,
for 1 fold the Skins for more Money than the Sheep
coft , that made you amends, fays the other ; not fo
much amends neither, faid he., for I laid out my Mo-
ney in a Houfe, and it was burn'd : That was a great
Lofs indeed,- Nay, not fo great a Lofs neither, for
ray Wife was Burnt in it.
108
One told his Wife, that he heard for certain, that
they were all to be counted Cuckolds in their Town,,
but one man : Wlo dce/i tlou think that flwld \>e ? fays
he, Faith, lays Ihe, Husband, I cannot tbitk who it is for
vty Life.
109
A Cheat coming into an Inn, fentfor a Shoema-
ker to brinf, fome Boots, where having try d on one
pair, they hcted him very well ; fo hi asked him the
price of them, and told him he could not pay him for
rhem this Week. The Shoemaker then told him, he
muft have the Boots again, the otherperceiving there
was no good to be done, takes to hi heels, and runs
through the Town, and the Shoenaker after him,
-rying out, flop him, flop him ; Seme going to flop
him, pray do not flop me, for we cvo run for a Wa-
ger, I in Toots and he in Shces ; therthey cry'd, Boots
wins the Wager, if it were for a Huidred Pounds.
qua
Le Companion Sage & Ingenieux. 186
qua 1'autre, car j'ai e'pouft une querelleufe j Voila qui
va ma!, lui die 1'autre.; pas tantmal non plus, dit il,
car elle m'a apporte deux mille livres Sterling voila qui
eft encore bien, luidit 1'autre ; Pas trop bien non plus,
car j'en ai achete des Moutons, & ils font tous morts
du Tac : Voila qui eft cruel, lui die fon ami ; Pas tant
cruel, dit il, car j'ai vendu les peaux plus que les Mou-
tous ne me coutoient , Cela vous a dedommage,
lui die 1'aucre ; Pas beaucoup, car j'en ai achete une
Maifon qui s'eft bruleej Voila en veritd une grande
perte ; Pas crop grande, car ma Femme s'y eft brule'e
auffi.
Un homme dit a fa Femme, qu'on 1'avoit aflureque
rousceux de leurville paflbient pourCocus,a la refcrve
d'un leul : Qui crois tu que ceft ? dit-il , Urayment, mon
mart, dit- elle, je nefauroitmimcgincr qui ce peut fcre.
109
Un Filou etant venu dans une Hotelerie, il envoy a
chercher un Cordonnier avec des Bottes, & en ayant
elTay^ une Paire qui lui ttoiem propres,il lui en deman-
da le prix, & lui die qu il ne pouvoie pas le payer de
la femaine , le Cordonnier lui die qu'il vouloit done
ravoir fes Bottes , 1'autre,, voyane qu*il n'avan^oit rien,
prend auffi tot la fuite, & court a travers la ville, & le
Cordonnier apr& lui, crianc de eoute fa force, qu'on
larrete, qu'on 1'arrete. Comme quelques uns alloi-
ent Tarreter, il leur cria,- je vous prie ne m'arretez pas,
car nous gageons a qui courra le mieux, moy avec des
Bottes, & lui avec des fouliers , alors ils s'ccrierent
qu'ils gageoine cent Livres Sterlin que les Bottes
gagnoient. no A
187 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
\ 10
A debauch'd Fellow was brought before a Juftice of
Peace for (Wearing , the Juftice commanded him to
pay his Fine, which was two Shillings for t\vo Oaths
whereupon he pulls out half a Crown, and ask'd the
Juftice the price of a Curfe, who told him Six pence:
Ihe-n a PCX fake yob all, fays he, for Knives and Fools,
anJ rb'fres half a 'Grown for ynt : Who the Devil woktt
fl'artd -cbattgirtg 'cf Money.
in
One Pace, a bitter Jefter jn Queen Elizabeth's time,
came to Court: Come, fay d the Ladies, Pace, we
fftall now hear of ourfau't* ,- No; fays he, Idmt ufe
tofpeak of that -tobith all the Town talks d.
' l ,
'112
A Gentleman riding, had a Dog named Cuckold,
which run after a Bitch into an Entry ; upon which he,
call'd Cuckold, CuckoU; the Woroai* iof the Houfe cante
tut and faid he was a Rogirero call her Husband ^C'
old.-., you miftake, fays-he, 1 'donV call him, I~c
Dogj Tbt mart Kiterit yto> fays- \ he,-
Cbripian bodies Name.
1 J 5 .,
It was the faying <&-Alfbwjttt 9 Simamedfthe W
King of Awgmi tiiac amongft Antiatty tWng& ds 'art:
by Men pofleft, or eagerly ffeffo'd in the Courfe of
their Lives, all the reft are Baw^les^ be fides dry O14
no l/n
Le Companion Sage & Ivgenieux. \ 188
-
no
Un Debauche fut mene devant un juge dePaix pour
avoir fait des juremens , Le juge lui ordonna depayer
I'amende, qui etoit deux Chelins pour deux juremens ;
la deiTus il tire un demi-ecu de fa poche, & demandc
au juge le prix d'une imprecation, lequel lui dit, Six
fols : Etbien, dit il, La Peft "vous tlonffe Fripons & Fous
ejtie wits titty voila vStre dimi ecu j opi Viable vcudroit
s^awtfjer (t changer f on argent.
in
Un Certain Pace, grand Railleur du Terns de la
Reine Elizabeth , etant venu a la Cour: He bien, Pace,
lui direntles Dames, nous allons nvaintenant entendre
nos Defauts: Point, dit il, je n'ai pas accotittime de parler
(h ce e^ui fait Fentretien del cute la 'vilh.
112
Un Getilhomme a cheval, avoit un chien appelle
COM, qu4 fuivit une chienne dans une Entree de raai-
fbn , la deflus il fe mie a crier, Cocu } Cocu ; 'La Fem-
me da logis fortit &; lui dit qu'il ctoit un coquin d'ap-
peller fon rnari cocu ; Vous vous trompez, dit-il, ce
n'eft pas lui que j'appelle, c'eft mon chien , Vous avez,
tncore plus grand toit 3 dit clle, th donner a un chi^n le nom
d'un Chretien.
m
'dlpbwfe, furnomme le'Sagr, Roy KAraym avoit 3C-
coutume de dire, que parmi tant de ci.ofcs que les
Hommes poiledent, ouqu'iU recherchenc avrc a'deur
pendant lecours de Icur vie, tout n'eitc.u'un v ;; n amufe-
ment., excepte du Bon j'cc & vittix pour /,j.\ , t.wv'm
Wood
i8p The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
Wood to Burn, Old Wine to Drink, Old Frinds to converfe
with, and Old Books to read.
114
A Gentleman who had a handfbme Wife, ufed to
come very often to London, and leave her in the Coun-
trey , Now in his abfence a lufty Fellow, a Carter,
was familiar with her, which came to theGentlemans
Ear ; Who vow'd he'd kill the Rogue, whenever he
met him : and being one Day in the Field, one told
him that s the Fellow lias made you a Cuckold ; So
to him he goes, Sirrah, fays he, I hear in my abfence,
you are familiar with my Wife, and have made me a
Cuckold : Well then, Sir, I have done fo, and what
rhen ? What then, fays he ? Why if you had not con-
feft itj 1 would have broke your Pate.
A Young Fellow, told his Wife the firft Night he
lay with her, that if {he had confented to have laid
with him before Marriage, he would never have made
her his Wife, Faith, fays fhe, I did imagine at much,
for I have baen coz>tnd fo three or four times before, and
was refolvdnct to be coz.sndfo now.
116
A modeft Gentlewoman being compelled to a^cufe
her Husband ofdefe#, and being in the Court, fte
humbly defir'd the Judge, that (he might write what
/he durft not fpeak for Modefty , the Judge gave her
that liberty, and a Clerk was prefently commanded
tp give her Pen, Ink, and Paper,' Whereupon fhe took
Le Compaction Sage & Ingeniettx. 190
vicux four ho ire , d and ens amis pour cont/erftr , & cU
viwx Livrcs four lire.
114
Un Gentiihomme , qui avoit une belie femme , a-
voit accoutume de venir fouvent a LonJres, & de laif-
fer fa Femme a la Campagne ,* pendant fon ablence
un Drole de Chartier, fort & vigoureux , etcit familier
avec elle , ce qui etant venu aux Oreilles du Gentil-
homme, il jura qu il tiisroit ce Coquin en quelque cn-
droit qu'il put le renconter^Un jour,etant aux Champs,
quelqu'un lui dit : voila le Drole qui vous a fait cocu
la deifus il s'approche de lui, & lui dit : Coquin, j'ap-
prens que pendant mon abfence vous etes familier
avec ma Femme, & que vous m'avez fait Cocu : He
bien, Monfieur, dit il, je Tai fait, qa'eft ce qu'il y a?
Ce qtul y a, dit il ? C'eft que fi vous ne 1'aviez pas
avoiie je vous aurois cafle la tece.
Un jeune homme dit a fa femme la premiere nuk
des noces, que fi elle lui cut permis de coucher avec
elie avant le Manage, il ne 1'eut jamais e'poufe'e : Ma
foy, dit elle, CV// ce que je me fins imagince, car fat deja
etc attrapee trois ou quaire fas auparai/ant, & js navois
garde de me laijjkr encore attra}'cr.
Une Demoifelle modefte etant forcee d'accufer
fon Mari d impuiffance, & etant a raudience,elle pria
tres humblement le Juge de lui permettre d'ecrire ce
qu'elle n'ofoit dire, par Modeftiej le Juge lui accorda
cette liberte, & commanda d'abord au Greffier de
lui donner une Plume, de 1'Encre & du Papier , Elle
the
19 1 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
the Pen without dipping it into the Ink, and made
as if fhe would write Says the Clark to her, Ma-
dam, there is no Ink in your Pen, Truly , Sir, fays
(he, t hat's juft my Cafe, and therefore I need not explain
nty felf any further.
117
An Excife-man walking by a River , efpy'd a Boy
fifhing , who knew him to be of that honourable
Profeilion. My pretty Lad, fays he, what doit thou
fifti for ? I fifh for the Devil , reply 'd the Boy, -but I
want the right Bait to catch him. What Bait is that.,
fay's the other ? Indeed, Sir, I have been told, there is no
better Bait in the World, than an Excife-man.
118
One having been a long Journey, and to make the
more haft , rid Poft , being come home very weary,
defired his Wife to excufe him from embracing of
her that Night : She feem'd pretty well contented,
but curs'd thofe in her Heart that invented riding
Poft. The next day walking with his Wife into the
Yard , he efpy'd the Cock afleep in the Sun , by the
Hens , then he ask'd his Wife, what made the Cock
fo dull and fleepy. Truly, fays fhe, I don't know, unlefs
be has rid Poft.
119
A Sea-Captain was faying his Great Grandfather's,
Grandfather , and Father dy'd at Sea. Says one to
him , If I were as you, I would never go to Sea
for that trick. Why , lays he , where did all your
pric
Le Companion Sage & In&cxieux. 19*
prit'la plume y faas y mettre de 1'Encre , & fit fem-
blant d'ecrire , -Le Greffjer luit dir, Madame^ II n'y a
point dEncre votre plume :\ UraymtiX^Movficur)
dit elle, ceft la juflement men cas, & awji il nefl fat
niceffaire cjue je inexplique ^avantage.
117
1
Un Maltotier fe promenant pres d'une Riviere vit
un Garden qui pefchoit,,& qui'favpit qu'il ^coit <d
cette honnprable Profeflion. Petit Gar^on, lui dit ii,
Que pefches tu ? Je tache de pefcher le Diablo, re-
pliqua le Gar$on , mais je n'ai pas la bonne amor-
ce pour 1'attraper: Quelle eft icette amorce, dit
1'autre ? Uraywent, Murpcur^ fat enttnilu dire quil ny
4 pas de meifteure amorce ejiiun Maltotier.
113
Un homme qui venoit d'un grand Voyage, & qui
pour faire diligence avoic couru la Pofte, etant arriv^
chez lui, il pria fa Femme de i'excufer s'il nc la ca-
rellbit pas cette nuit , Elle parut aifez contente, mais
maudic dans ion coeur ceuk qui avoient inventA la
Pofte. Le Lendemain 5 fe promenant: dans la Couf
avec fa Femme , il vie le Coq endcrm'uau foleil au-.
pr^s des Poules, 8c la dellus il iemanda a fa Femme?
qu'eft-ce qui rendoit le Coq fi pefant &: aflbupi,' Uray-
tntnt, dit elle, je ne fai, a rnotns yue ce ne foit d'avoir
couru la Pofte.
119
Un Capitaine de Vaifleau diloit que fon Bifayeul,
fon Ayeul & fon Pere ctoient morts fur mer,- fi
j'etcis que de vous, lui dit quelqu'un, je n'irois jamais
fur mer a caufe de cela. Et ou eft-ce que tous vos
Relation
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
Relations dye ? He anfwer'd , In their Beds. Well,
reply'd he, If I were at you , (for the fame reafon) I
never go into Bed.
120
An Effglifh Merchant in Amflerdam , was to fell
a Thoufand Pounds worth of Gloves to fome Jews,
who recanting of the Bargain when they brought
their Money, would have buc half j the Englifi Mer-
chant defired a little time to fort them , and told
them they fhould have half,- fb he commanded his
Men to put all the Right-handed Gloves in one Par-
cel, and the Left in another. Then, when the Jews
came , he bid them take their Choice , which being
done, and the Money paid, they began to pack up,
but perceiving at laft they were all for one Hand ,,
they were forc'd to take the reft at the Merchant's
Rates.
121
A Gentleman orderd his Man to call him in the
Morning at Six of the Clock, but he awaked him at
Four : Being ask'd the reafon, he reply'd, He came
to tell him be had two Hours more to Sleep.
122
A Cook ferving a mifcrly Man, faid he would go
from him , being asked the reafon, fays he, // / jtay
here long-, I fl^all forget my trade.
123 Une
Le Cowpagnon Sage & Ingemtux. 194
Parens font morts , lui dit-il ? II repondit dans leur
lit. Et bien, repliqua-t-il^^r In wSme raifon> fi fetoit
que dtvous je nt me wettws jam^is <p lit.
' ! .2 2
TT ,! !] VV-'V 'V' /"*-- - -y' '' ' . , i
Un Marchand Anglou a Amfttrdam f -devoit vendre
pour cent livres Sterhn de Cans zt certains Juifs , lef-
quels fe dedifant du Marche } en apportant leur Ar-
gent n'en voulurent prendrS que la Moiti^ , le Mar-
ehand Anglais lour demanda un peu de : teras pour Jes
appareiller, & leur dit quils. en aurqient Moitie ;
^nfuite il donna prdre^ les Gens dp la mettre tous
les Cans de la main droite en un^ Partie, & ceux de
la gauche en une autre,- quand les Juifs vinrenc
il leur dit de choifir 3 ce qu'ayant fait., & paye }'ar-
gent, ils commencerent >.tes empaqueter, niais comro
ils s'apperceurent enfin qu'ils etoicnt cous dune main,
ils furent obligez de'prendre les, autres au prlx dii
Marchand.
t
:
Un Gentilhpmme donna ojdre k (on valet de Tap-
pelkr a fix heures du Matin v mais il 1'e'veilla a quatre;
& comme il lui en.denianda la raiibn, il r^pondic:
Qtfil venoit lui dire^quil await enccre deux tjetircs a
dormir.
izz
Un Cuilmier qui fervoit ua J.aquin, dit -qu'il VOIK
IOH le .quiuer, ^I'comrpe on }ui cleraanda pourquoi ?
Ceft) d^c il; fjnejfjjs (bmfuri'Jw&fcm* c ^ c ^ *V ; ? fyuMicr&i
mm metier,
O 1x5 A
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
A Lady having two Suitors , one Tall , and the
other Short j a Gentleman ask'd her, Which flic lik'd
beft? Says /he, Indeed > &r, I like the tallejl, if all things
are frofort tenable.
124
One ask'd why Men fooner give to Beggars than
Scholars? Another r^ply'd, Btcaafe they think they may
fooner come to be Beggars than Scholars.
One was asking another his Opinion , What the
World thought of him ? Why, reply'd the other,, you
appear to the Ifffe, foolifli ; to Fools, wife $ *nd pray, what
do you think of your fdf.
126
A Father chid his Son for rifing late, and
gave him an inftance of a certain Man , who being
up betimes, found a Purfe full of Gold. Anfwered
the Son : fit that loft it, -was up JIM before
A Phyfitian having lent for a Farrier to cure his
Mule , the fecond time lie came , the Phyfitian put
Half a Crown into his Hand. The Farrier return ; d
it, and told him , &>, We never take any Money ef
thofe *f w own Prefejfion,
123 Une
Lc Companion Sage & Ingenieux. 196
Une Dame etant recherch^e par deux Galands dont
Tun etoit grand, & 1'autre petit, un Gentilhomrae lui
demanda , lequel etoit le plus a fon gre ? Urayment,
Monfieur, dit elle, le grand me rrvient k plus, pourvev
quit ayt tout b proportion.
124
Un homtne demandoit pourquoi on donnoit plut6c
aux Gueux qu'aux Savans ? Un aucre lui repondit ,
Parce qtfon peut devtnir gueux pliitSt que faviwt.
iay
Un homme demandoit un autre ,, quelle opinion
on avoit de lui ? Urajntent , lui dit 1'autre,, i> ous pare-
ijfczfou, aux Sages} & Sage t auxfous , mats, je vow prie,
yuc penfez, <votu de vous mtme.
ii.6
Un pere grondoic fon filz de ce qu'il fe levoit card,
& luy difoit pour exemplequ'un certain homme s^tant
lev^ de bon Matin , il avoit trouv^ une bdurfe pleine
de Piftoles, fon filz luy r^pondie. Celui tfui ravcit per-
due setoit levi encore plut matin.
"7
Un Medecin ayait fait venir un Marechal pour lui
guerir la Mule, la feconde fois qu'il vint, le Medecin
luy mit trente , folz dans la main , le Marechal les
luy rendit en luy dilant, Alon/iettr, vouf m prencms ja-
mtis argent de cettx de noire profejfion.
Oz 128 A
197 ff- e V^tf e an< ^ Ingenious Companion. ,
128
A Man faid that Impertinencies refembled Misfor-
tunes , which never came by themfelves , and that
when ever he heard any fpoke, he would bid it well-
come., provided it came alone.
129
Two young Men demanded a young Woman in
Marriage of her Father ^ one of which was Rich ,
and the other Poor , the Father having given her to
the laft, fome of his Friends ask'd him , why he did
not beftow her on the rich Man ? Becaufe , fays he ,
the rich Man has no Wit, and fo may grow Poor , hut
the other , who is a wife and fm/ible 'Man, maj'&fily
grew Rich.
A Man that had but one Eye , met early in the
Morning one that had a crooked Backend faid to him,
Friend , you are loosen betimes. - 3 Tij early indeed, \ reply 'd
the other,, for you have but one of your Windows optn.
'
*5'
A certain Man faid, That Wine had two bad Qua-
lities: Fir ft, If you mi^. Water with it, you fpoil it.
Secondly , If you mix none with it, it will fpoil your
own fel '.
Two riding from-Sbipton to Burftrd ,- and feeing
a Miller riding fofrly before them., on his Sacks,
refolv'd to ahufe him , ib one went ^on one
fide ot him , and t'other on the other fide , fay-
i O On
Le Companion Sage & Ingenieux\ 198
12$
On homme difoit que les fottifes referobloint aux
tnalheurSj qui ne viennent jamais feuls, & qu Vauffi-
tot qu'il en entendoit dire quelqu'u uncoil difoit, foy-
ez la bien venue pourveu que vous foyez feule.
129
Deux jeunes hommes demandoient une Fille en nia-
riage a fon pere, Tun etoit riche & Tauttc pauore, le
pere 1'ayant donn^e au dernier quelques-uns de fes amis
lui demanderent pourquoy il ne Tavoic pas donnt;e a
celuy qui e'toit riche , Parce que, leur dic-il, Le riche
<jui no, point d*efprit, pourra devenir pauvre % mals le pauvre
cjuieft u homme judictux & fage pouvra faeikment dcvenir
ricbe.
Un borgne rencontra tin matin de fort bonne heure
un boffin & luy dit, compere, 'vous stes charge de bonne
heure $ il eft vray qri"d eft de bonne hettre 3 dit le boffn , CAY
v&us n'avez, (cor qu une fcnStre otrutrte.
Un certain homme difoit,, que le vin avoit deux
mauvaifes qualitez : la premiere, fi Ton met de Teau
dans le Via, vous le gatez, lafeconde fivousn'yen
mettez point, il vous g^te vous meme.
132
Deux Hommes allant ^ cheval de Shipton a Burfa-d^
& voyant un Meunier, qui alloit tout doucement
devant eux monte fur fes (acs, ils refolurent de fe mo-
quer de lui, & pour cec effet Tun d'euxfe mit ^ un de
O 5 ing,
199 he W'f e M l*gt*i<M* Companion.
ing, MiHer^ xow teU us, which art thou, more Knave or
Fool? Truly, fays he, ? (tont know, which 1 am mojf,
but I guefs I ant between both.
In Flanders by accident, a Flemiflt Tyler fell from
the Top of a Houfe upon a Spaniard and Kill'd hirn^
though by good luck, he efcap'd unhurt himfelf , the
next of the Blood, profecuted his Death with great
Violence againft the Tyler , and when he was offered
Pecuniary Recompence, nothing would ferve him
but Lex Talioxis ; Whereupon the Judge faid to him
that if he did urge that kind of Sentence, it muft b
that he ftiould go up to the Top of the fame Houfe
and from thence to fall down upon the Tyler, and f
to put him to Death the fame way he had kill'd hi
Kinfman.
The Spaniards fided with the Duke of Mayeme, anc
the reft of thofe Rebels in France, which call'd them
{elves the Holy League , and a French Gentleman beia
ask'd the Caufe of their Civil Broils, with an excellen
Allufion he replied,they were Spania and Mania, feem
ing by this anfwer to fignifie 2*wi*, Penury, anc
Maria, Fury j but covertly therein implying the King
of Spain, and the Duke of Mayeime.
Thomas dyttitras came one Day to Pope Innocent th
Third, in whofe Prefence they were at that time tel
ling a great Sum of Money : Thou feeft Thomas, faic
the Pope, that the Church need not fay now as fh<
fe:
Le Canpagnon Sage & In^enieux. 100
f fes cotez & 1'aitre de lautre, Lui demandant HI etoit
': ptut fripon que fin ? J5vgw*itf r dit-il, Jew fat ce c^ue je
fuis lelui nuifeue uejefuv cntre deux.
En Fkndres un Mason Flamand tomba par accident
ldu Toit d'une Maifon fur un Efpagnol, & le tua, quio
qu'il cut le bonheur d'echapper lui memefansfe faire
mal ^ le plus proche Parent fit des pourfuites vigoureu-
les centre le Ma^on au fpjet: de la mart du Defunt,
& quoy qu'il lui offric une Recompenfe pecuniaire, il
infiftoit tou jours fur la loy du Talion. Sur quoy le
juge lui die que s'il demandoic une telle fenrencc, il
faloit qu'il montat fur le Toit de la m^me Maifon &
que de la il fe jett^t fur le Mason, & qu' ainfi il le fit
mourir, de la meme maniere qu'il avoit tu^ fon Pa-
rent.
Les Efpagnols favorifoient le patli du Due De Mayen-
6c des autres Rebelles de Frtvce, qui prirent le noni
de Sainte Ligue : Et comme on demandoit a un Gen-
ttlhocnme Franks les caufes de leursBrouilleries dome
fliques, il repondit parcette excellente Allufion, qu'el-
les etoient Sfan'u & Mauie , femblant fignifier par cet-
te Reponfe "S,<wa.v\<L, indigence , & M*?;*., la Manie,
la Fureur ,* Mais voulant marquer a mots couverts, le
Roy tfEfpagne & le Due de Mayeme.
Thomas tCAquin vint voir un jour le Pape Innocent III.
en prefence de qui on contoit alors une grande ibm-
rne d'argent ; Tu vois Thomas , lui dit le Pape, que
T Fglife n'a pas bcfoin de dire prefentcment, ce qu'el-
O 4 did
ioi 77><? Wife aft el Ingenious Companion.
did at die bigirlning, Silver avdGddl'wve none. Tho-
'mas, without ftudy reply'd : Ton >fay trui^Holy Pd-ther',
Nor can the Church fay xoti>, as the Antknt Church {aid
to the Cripple, Arife, wai^aqd be whole. Note by the
by that fome relate this ftbry of Pope SixtuslV. and
a Cordelier, or Francifca'n Frier.
Pope Alt zander the fixth was asking Jerome
Ambaffador of Venice; of whom th Venetian* held
thofe Rights and Cuftoms of the Sea, the AnnbafTa-
'dour anfwer'd him prefently , Let 'y far Holitiefi Jliew me
the Charafter of'St.'P&er's Patrimony, and you {hall find on
ih& back thereof, a ' Grant ' made to the Venetians of the
Adriatic!* Sea, '
?7
It was the faying of a merry conceited Fellow, that
sn Chrifrendom there were neither Schollars enough ^
Gentlemen enough, nor Jews enough : And when
anfwer w a? made, that of all thefe there were rather
too gfeat a Plenty than any fcarcety, he replied, that
if there were Scholars enough, (omany ignorant Dun-
ces would not be beneficed ; if Gentlemen enough, fo
many Plebeians would not be rank'd amongit the
Gentry , and if Jews enough, fo many
would not profefs Ufury.
In Qiieen Elizakttfs time, when the Wars were
hot betwixt Engftri'd and sp** 9 '& negotiation was
refolv'd upon to treat of Peace between thefe two
Crowns, in order to which Commiifioners were
appointed on both fides. They met at a Town of the
10
Le Owpagnon Sage & Ingcnieux. 101,
le dlfbft dafts ipn enfance, Je nai nl or, ni argent. A
quoi T&orJasivn. repliqua fans etude : // eft <uray Saint
Pere, mats fuffl I'Eglife /aprefent ne peut elk fas dire ce que
Vancitnne tit a ce meme Boiteux, Leve-toi., march e & re
portebkn. Remafquez en paflant que quelques uns
font ce Conte du Pape Sixte IV. Et d'un Cordelier.
Le Pape Alexandte- VI. demandoit a Jeroms Donat,
Ambafladeur de 'Knife, de qui ies Venitiens tenoienc
les Droits, & Ies Gontumes de la Mer? A quoi
TAmbafladeur repondit fur ie champ : Que votre fa fa
fete me montre les Titres Jit Patrimonie de S. Pierre, C?*
wws trouverez, au tics, une donation faite aux Venitiens de
la Mer Adriacique. f
i; 7
Un Plaifant avoit accbutume de dire que dans la
Chretience il n'y avoit n'y aflez de gen? fca-
vans,, ni aflez de Gentilhommes, ni afTez de Juifi:
Et comme on lui repondit que bien loin qu'il en
manquat il n'y en avoit qu'un trop grand nombre,
il repliqua., que s'il y avoit aflez de lea vans, il n'y au-
roit pas tant d'ignorans beneficiez , Si aflez de Gen-
tiihommes., il"n'y auroit pas tant de Roturiers faits no-
bles , & fi afiez de Juiff, tant de Ckrfriens ne fe feroi-
ent pas Ufuriers.
Du terns de la Reine Ek&rbttb, dans la chaleur des
guerres entre \' Aught erre 8i I'Efpagne, il fut refoiu
qu'on entreroit dans un Traite de Paix entres ces deux
couronnes 5 Et Pour cet eifet on nomma des Com-
miflaires de part & d'autre. Us s'aflemblerent dans
Fretub
The Wifs and Ingenious Companion.
French King's. And firft it was debfced in what
Tongue the Negotion fhould be handled. A Spaniard
thinking to give the English CoramilTioneK a ftrewd
gird, proposed the French Tongue as moft fit, it being
a Language the Spaniards were well Skill'd in, and
for the Gentlemen of England ', I fuppofe, fays he, that
they cannot be ignorant of the Language of their Fel-
low Subjeds, fince their Queen is Queen of France
as well as of England. Nay, in Faith, my Matters, re-
plied Dr. Dale one of the Englifo Commifltoners, the
French Tongue is too vulgar for a bufinefs of this
Secrecy and importance, efpecially in a French Town;
Let us therefore rather treat in Hebrew , the Lan-
guage of Jerufalem ) whereof your Mafter is King;
and I fuppofe you are therein as well skill'd as we in
the French.
159
Toggiut the Florentine tells a merry Story condemn-
ing the Folly of fuch , efpecially mean Perfons, as
fpend their Time and Eftates in Hunting and Hawk-
ing. Mr. A . Phyfician of Milan, faith he, that cured
Mad-men, had a Pit of Water in his Houfe, in which
he kept his Patients, fbme up to the Knees, fome to
the Girdle, fome to the Chin, as they were more or
lefs affected. One of them, that was pretty well re-
cover'd, (rood by chance in the Door, and feeing a
Gentleman ride by with a Hawk on his Fift, and his
Spaniels after him, would needs know to what ufe
all this preparation ferv'd ? He made anfwer to kill
certain Fowl ^ the Patient demanded again, what his
Fowl might be worth which he killed in a Year.
He replied., nine or ten Crowns , and when he urged
him further, what his Dogs, Horfes 3 and Hawks, ftood
une
Le Companion Sage & Ingenieux. 204
une Ville du Roy de France, & la premiere queftion
que Ton mit fur le Tapis fut, en quelle Langue fe fe-
roit la negotiation. Un Efpaenol, voulant railler les
CommifTaires Anglois, propofi la langue Franfoife
comme la plus propre, & que les Efpagnoh entendoi-
ent fort bien, & pour ces Meflieurs les Anglois, jq
crois, dit-ilj qu'ils n'ignorent pas la langue des autres
fujets Francois, puis que leur Reine eft Reine de France
aufli bien que d 1 ' Angkterre. De bonne Foy, Mefli-
eurs, reprit le Do<5teur Dale, un des CommifTaires
Anglois, la langue Francoife eft trop vulgaire pour unc
affaire fi fecrette & fi importame, fur tout dans une
ville de France. Traitons plilrot en Hebreu, qui eft la
langue de Jerufalem, dont votre Maitre eft le Roy ;
pour moi, je fuppofe que vous y etes auffi bien verfez
que nous le fommes dans le Francois.
159
Toggius le Fhrentin raconte une hiftoire plaifante
pour condamner la Folie de ceux qui confument leur
Terns & leur Bien a la chafle, & a la Fauconnerie,
fur tout quand ce font des Perfonnes de bas lieu.
Un Medecin de Milan, dit-i! 3 qui gueriflbit de la Fo-
lie, avoit un creux plein d'eau dans fa maifon., oii
il mettpit fes malades^ les uns jufq'aux genoux, les
autres jufqu'a la ceinture &les autres juliqu'au menton,
felon qu'ils etoient plus ou moins fous. \Jn d'eux, qui
etoit deja aflez bien remis, fe tenoit par hazard devant
la PortCj & voyant paifer un Gentilhomme a cheval,
avec un Faucon fur le Poing, & fes chiens apre's lui,
il voulut (avoir a quoi fervoit tout cet appareil ! II lui
r^pondit a tuer certain Gibier ^ le malade lui deman-
da encore ce que pouvoit valoir le Gibier qu'ii tuoit
enunan? 1'Aucre lui repliqua neufou dixecus; &
him
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
him in ? He told him four Hundred Crowns , with
chat the Patient bid him be gone as he loved his Life
and Welfare > For, fsid he, if our Matter come and
findthee here he will certainly put thee into his Pit
amongft Madmen up to the very chirr.
140
An' Amonrous Lady having granted an Affignatkm
to a Man who had exprefs'd a PafTioh for her, /he re-
ceiv'd him in her Chamber all alone, and very finely
dreft. The Lover fell on his Knees to her, and af-
rer many fine Speeches, Oh ! Madam, fays he to her,
Why have Inct got you in the xiiJft of a Wood ! What, yen
Jefign to Cut my Throat, cry'ed the Lady in a Paffion :
And thereupon call'd her Women, to rid her of fo
cold a Lover.
Two /.Brothers, who Hv'd together f^HHtf^d ex-
treamlyVorre another, and bore the fame Name. A
Man denred to (peak to one of them. Which do you ask
fort Said the Porter, The Counfettor-, anfwer'd the Man,
They are both Councilors. Him that Squints a little;
they both Squint. Him that has a kdMdfam Wife both
their Wives are handfbm. Well then 3 b\m -who ^s &
Cuckold. By my Faith, Sir, anfwered the Porter, I
take them both to be Cuckolds. Wett s faid the Man,
tbefe two Brothers are flrangely fated to refimble one ano-
ther.
comme
Le Companion Sage & Ingemeux. io<>
comme il le preifa de lui dire combien fes Chiens,
fon Cheval & fes Oifeaux lui coutoient d'entretien
tous les ans ? II lui die quaere cens ecus : Le Maladc
emendant cela lui dit de s'en aller au plus vite r fi fon
ialut lui etoit chcrj Car, dit il, fi notre Maitre vient,
& vous trouve ici, il vous mettra allurement dans fon
creux avec les Foux jufqu'au Mencon.
140
Une Dame Galante ayant accorde un Rendzvous
a un homme qui lui avoit temoigne de la Paffiqn 3
Elle le receuc leule dans la Chambre, & fort pare'e.
1'Amant fe mis a gen.oux aupre's d'elle , & aprcs plu-
iieurs beaux diicourSj il lui die : ^l> 3 Madawe^ jue ne
vans tiens-je mawtenavt dans le fotoct d'un Botf ? G'e/?
dwc.fcttr 'ni.tgorger , Vecria la Dame irrittee : & elle
appeila auHi-coc fe&Femmes pour la dciivier de ce
froid Amant.
Deux Freres qui logeoient enfembiCj fe reiTembloi-
ent parfaitement , Sc portoifent le meme nom. Un
hornme dcmanda a parJera 1'undesdeux. Lemuel dc-
mande^--'V(jtts. ? ;Lui die le-Portier: L\ lui aui eft cwjtf;-
Itr, repondit cec honing - iis le font tous deux. Cdai
vi-.eft'.wt ptu luttcfa ;. i.ls le font tous deux. Celui jw
mart'* ; i!s le lone tous deux. Celui jut a une befit
nt toas deux. CV Jayc ctlfuftuf tfi CK#;
iui repondit le Portier, , je ctois
ckux. /'*;&. di)
85 J ${,i . ^42 The
2O7 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
142
The Players ading at Paris before King Lewis XIII.
a Play againft the Men of the Long Robe, had
placed among the Spe&ators one of their Company
in a City-drete. This Player, who by his Habit ap-
pear'd like a Counfellor at Law, ftood up at the mer-
rieft part of the Play, and faid with a loud Voice,
That it was intolerable to lee Lawyers thus played
upon, and that they fliotdd have Satisfaction for it.
In ftiort , he charg'd the Player to defift immediate-
ly, and forbear going on with fo infblent a Play.
I "will have them go on with it , anfwered the King,
who took him to be a Counfellor, that broke in
upon the Refpeft due to him , by threatening them
in his Prefence. Which created a new Diverfion in
the Audience, when they came to know that he was
a Player in, Dilguife. And the King , who under-
Apod Raillery, was one of the firft that laugh'd at
his miftake.
The Ingenious come off of RidtarJ I. King of
EvglanJ, for excufing to the Pope his keeping Philip,
Bifhop of Beauvax his Prifoner , is to be admired.
This Bifhop was a Warlike Man, very troublefom to
the Englifli , who ppfieft the bcft part of France. Be-
ing at laft fallen into their Hands, the Pope not
knowing how it came to pafs, wrote to the King for
his Freedom, as being a Clergyman , and one of his
beloved Sons. Whereupon the King fent to the Pop
the Armour, in which the Bilhop was taken, having
firft caufed thefe Words to be ingraven upon it : Vide
<* b*c ft Tunica Filii tm vtl nm : Sec if this be the
142 Les
Le Cowpagnon Sage & Ingenieux. 108
i4z
Les Comedians joiiant a Paris devant Louis XIJL
une Comedie centre les Gens de Robe avoienc fait
mettre parmi les Spe&ateurs, un de leur troupe en
Habit de Ville- Ce Comedien, qui avec cec Habit
reflembloit a un Confeiller, fe leva a 1'endroit le plus
rifible de la Piece, dit hautement que cela n'etoit pas
fupportable, de voir ainil jouer les Gens de juftice, &
qu'ils en auroient raifon. Enfin, il ibmma les Come-
diens de celfer a 1 inftant cette infolente Piece. Et
mot je veux quils la joiient , repondit le Roy, qui crut
que c'etoit un Confeiller qui lui manquoit de relpeft
en fa prefence. Ce qui donna une aatre efpece de
Divertiisement a 1'aflemblee, lors qivelle feut que
c'etoit un Comedien deguife. Et le Roy qui en-
tendoit Raillerie , rit le premier d y avoir etc
trompe,
L'AddreflTe de 'Richard I. Roy tfAnghtcrre pour ex*
cufer au Rape fa detention de Philippe Eveque de Beau-
vais , qu'il avoit fait Prifonnier , eft admirable. C&
Eveque etoit un Horn me aguerri, & fort incommode
aux Anglois s qui pofledoient alors la meilleure partie
de la France. Etant enfin totnbe entre leurs Mains,
le Pape , qui en ignoi ok la Maniere , ecrivit au Roy
pour (on elargiflement , comme etant Ecclefiaftique ,
& un de les Fils bien-aimez. Le Roy la-defTus envoyc
au Pape TArtnure que 1'Eveque portoit quand il tuc
pris , y ayant premierement fait graver ces Mots ,
an b*c fit Tunica Filii tui W non : Voi (i c'eft le
Coat
Tito Wife And Ingenious
Coat of thy Son, or not. t Which are the very Words
that Jacob's Children ufe'd! 1 , when they brought to
htm "the Coat of their Brother Jofepb. The Pdpe
viewing the Armour, did ingenuoufly own, That this
Bifliop was more like the Son of Mars , than of fbe
Church; and fo left him wholly to the King's
Mercy.
'44
A poor Country-woman of Poitoi* fell into fuch a
Lethargy, that her Husband , and all the Women of
the Neighbourhood, gave her over for Dead. In or-
der to bury her, they only wrapt her up in a Sheet ,
as 'tis ufual with the poor People of that Province.
As /he was carried to the Church-Yard , they pafs'4
fo near a Thorn-bufh,, that being prickt to the Quick
by the Thorns, {he came out of her Lethargy ,-buc
fome Years after {he died in good earneft. Her Huf-
band apprehenfive of another Refurre<5tion, remem-
bred the Thorn-bufli. And when his Wife's Corps
came near it , he fail'd not crying feveral times,
Take heed of the Thorn- bttfk , do not come too near the
Hedge.
MS
Sixtus V. being made Pope from a Cordelier, (or
Gray-Friar) did not change his Humour by changing
bis Fortune,, but kept ftill the Charatfer of a facetious
Man : And he lov'd to run over in his Mind all
the cunning Tricks he had played, and the Adven-
tures of his firft Condition. He remembred, amongft
other things, that when he a Cordelier, he had bor-
rowed Money of , and had not repaid' it to
him. Fie therefore inquired about him, and hearing
hoquetont
Le Cowpagnon Sage Ingteieux. no
hoqaeton de fon Fils, ou non. Qui font !es propres
Termes dont (e fervirent les Enfans de Jacob 3 lors
qu'ils lui prefen terent le Hoqueton de leur Frere Jo-
feph. Le Pape voyant 1'Armure avoiia de bonne foy,
(sue cet Evfyue avoit en effet \lutbt Pair dun Fits de Mars ,
^ue d'un Fils de /'Eglife , & 1'abandonna la deffus au
Don plaifir du Roy.
144
tJne Pauvre Pa'ifane du Poitou tomba raalade d'une
fi grande Lechargie , que fon Mari & toutes les Fem-
mes du voifinage la crurent morte. Pour Tenter-
rer , on ne fit que 1'enveloper d un Drap ? fuivant la
maniere des pauvres Gens de cette Province. Comme
on la portoit au Cimetiere, on jpafla fi pres d'un Buis
fon d'Epines qu'etant piquce julqu'au vif par les
Epines, elle revint de fa Lethargic; mais quelques
annees apr& elle rhourut tout de bon. Son Mari craig-
nant une autre Re(urred:ion , fe fouvint du BuifToii
d'Epines , & quand le Corps de fa Femme palTa pre's
de ce BuuTon, il ne manqua pas de crier a diverfes fois,
Prenez, garde au BuiJJ'on d Epinet 3 napprocbez, pas trop de
la haye.
I4f
Sixte V. etant devenu Pape de Cordelier qii'il etoit,
ne changea pas d'humeur en changeant de fortune,mais
conferva leCaraderequ'il avoitd'hommenamrellemenC
plaifant 3 & il aimoit a repaffer dans fa me noire les bons
Tours qu'il avoit faits, & les aventures de fa premiere
Condition. II fe relTouvint enti 'autres chofes, quetart
Cordelier,il avoit emprnnce de Targent du Superieur du
Convent de 3 & qu'il ne le lui avoit point rendu. II
demanda done de fes nouvelles > &c ayanc appris qu'il
P he
in The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
he was ftill living, he fent him Orders to come, and
give him an Account of his A<5tions. The good Fa-
ther , who found no Guilt upon him , went to Rome
with that Tranquillity of Mind , which is the refult
of a good Confcience. And being come before the
Pope, We are inform 'd , fays the Holy Father to him,
that you have mijimployed the Revenues of your Moriaftery ;
and we have fent for you , to give us an Account of the
Matter. Holy Father, anfwer.d the Monk, I think my
felf altogether Innocent as to that. Confide? -well, faid the
Pope 3 Whether you bave not indifcreetly lent Money to
any Body, particularly to a certain Cordelier , who came
to you fuch a Year. The good Man having thought
upon it a while : J 7*r true , faid he, Holy Father , He
was a great Knave , who got that Money from me upon
idle Pretences , and a "Prowije he made me of repaying it
in a little time. Well, faid the Pope, we are that very
Cordelier you fpeak of. V/c are willing' to return that Mo~
ney , according to Pronnfe ^ and advife you at the fctxe
time never to lend any more to Men of that Coat> who
are not all cut out for Popes, to be in a Condition to pay
you again. The good Man , very much furpriz'd to
find his Cordelier in the Perfon of a Pope , offered
to beg his Pardon for calling him Knave. Never
trouble your felf about it , faid the Holy Father , that
might be true enough at that time $ but God has furnffid
us with means to retrieve our paft Offences. Thus he dif-
mift the good Monk, having paid him the Money he
ow'd him, and expreft to him great Demonftrations
of Favour.
146
A Divine, preaching before a great Prince, who
had taken up Arms againft his own Country, com-
vivoit
Le Compagmn Sage & Ingeniettx.
vivoit encore, il lui envoya ordre de venir lui rendre
contc de fes A&ions. Le bon Pere qui n'avoit rien
a fe reprocher, s'en alia a Rome , avec la tranquillir^
que donne une bonne Confcience. Quand il fat de-
Vant le Pape : On nous a avcrti, lui dit le S. Pere, e/tte
vous avez, mal employe les deniers de votre Convent, &
nous vous avons envoys querir pour nous en rendre compte.
5. Pere, lui repondit ce Religieux, c je ne crots point
avoir faitti en cela. Songez, bien, die le Pape, / vous
ifavsz, point prSte de I 'argent a quelcpiun mal-a-propos^ &
entrautres a uv certain Cordelier qtii faff* chez, vous
en une tetteannee. Ce bon Homme apres avoir un peu
reve, lui dit: Saint Pere, il eft vray , Cetoit un grand
Fripon, ^ui ntatrappa cet argent fous de v.iins Pretextes,
& fur la parole quil me donna de me le rendre dans peu.
He bien s lui dit le Pape, nottsfommes ce Cordelier dor>t vous
parlez, nous voulons bien vous reftituer cet a -gent 3 fit'' v ant
notre Promeffe , & vous donner avis en wSme terns , tie nert
plus prSter aux Gens de cette Robe $ qui ne font pas tons
deftinez, a devenir Papes , pour Stre en etat de vous le.
rendre. Le bon Homme fort furpris de retrouver fort
Cordelier en la Perfonne du Pape, voulut alors lui
demander pardon de lavoir appelte Fripon. N> vout
en mettez, pas en peine, lui dit le S. Pere, cela potruoit bien
itre en ce tents-la mats Lheu nous a domic le moycn de
reparer nos fautet pajjees. II renvoya enfuite ce bon
Religieux, apr^s lui avoir-rendu Targent qu'il lui de-
voit, & lui avoir fait beaucoup de Carefles.
146
Un Predicateur pr^chant devant uri grand Prince,-
qui avoit pris les Armes concre fon Pais , il ie com-
P 2 par'd
2, 1 1 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
pard him to CorioUnus , that famous Roman Captain ,
who having well defeiVd of his Country in the In-
fancy of the Commonwealth, was banifti'd out of it ,
which piece of Ingratitude he fo highly refented,
that he came and laid Siege to Rome , affifted by the
Volfci. That great Captain , cry'd the Preacher, juftly
prcv k'd by the Ingratitude of bis Countrymen , was in a
Condition to take a crml Vengeance of them. But at laft
he was prevail d upon by the Tears of his Mother and Wife$
and thcje two Ladies obtained from him , what neither the
Sacred College of Cardinals, nor the Pope hitnfdf, who were
gone to meet him^ could not obtain.
At thefe Words the Prince fell a laughing, and
could not forbear crying out to the Preacher, Sir, you
know not what you fay , for in tbofe times there were neither
Fcpes nor Cardinals.
But the Preacher unconcern d, ftoutly maintain'd
to the Prince, that he was under nomiftake: And fir
a Preof, my Lord, added he, cf what I fay, I my fclf
have Jcen the Hiftory of it represented in a- Sure of Tapi-
ftry , in a Caftle of yours at Jucb a place. The Autho-
rity of that Tapifti y brought in fo pat . increafed the
Laughter. Which diicompos d the ignorant Preacher
to that degree , that he duckt, as they call it , in the
Pulpit, and went his way without making an end of
his Sermon.
H7
A Bilhop entertaining feveral Prelates at Dinner,
had a Side board Table covered with a Set of jarge
and rine Plate, made by the belt At lifts,- and as his
Brethren admird the Magnificence of it: * bt-ugx it,
laid he to them , in order to rdu'vt, the low of my
Dii>c'Jf. My Lord, anfwer'd one of the Pi elates, Tvu
para
Le Compagnon Sage & Ittgenieux. i 14
para Coriolan, ce fameux Capitaine Remain, qui apre's.
avoir bien fervi fa Patrie dans les Commencemens
de la Republique, en fut banni. Et cette ingratitude
lui toucha fi fort au coeur , qu'il vint affieger Rome
avec les Volfyue;. Ce grand Capital, s'ecria ce Predica-
reur, yuftement irrite de F ingratitude de fes Compatriotes,
etoit en etat (Ten tirer une cradle vengeance. Mais enfin il
fe laijja toucher par les Larmes de fa Mere & defaFemme ;
& ces deux Dames obtinrent de lui ce <jue ni le faery Col-
lefre des Cardinaux, ni le Pape mSmes, e^ui dtoient allcz, au.
devant de lui s riavoitnt jamais pit cbtenir.
Le Prince fit alors un eclat de rire, & ne put s'em-
pccher de s ecrier 3 Monfieur le Predicates, voits ne favez,
pas ce e^ue vout dites, il riy avoit en ce terns- la ni Papes ni
Cardinaux.
Mais le Predicateur, fans s'econner, Ibiltint coura-
geufement au Prince qu'il ne fe trompoit pas. Et pour
marque, Monfeigneur, ajouta t-il, ^ue ce quejc vous dit
eft way, ccft cfue fai veu cette Hiftoire reprefentie dans
une Tapijjerie de 'votre Chaftcau d"un td Lieu. 1'Autorite
de cette TapiiTerie citee si a propos redoubla les eclats
de rirej & Tignorant Predicateur en fut fi trouble qu'il
fit, comme on dit, le Plongeon dans fa chaire, & s'en-
f uit au lieu d'acherer fon Sermon.
Un Eveque donnant i Diner ^ plufieurs Prelats A
fk dreffer un Buffet compose de beaux & grands Ou-
vrages d'argenterie, faits par les meilleurs Ouvriers.
Et comme les Confreres admiroient la magnificence
de ce Buffetj Je Yai achete, leur dit-il^ <^J].in d'cn
ajfifttr les Pauvres d* man Diocrfc'. MQj^i^niiir ) Itti re-
P 2 mi*ki
-The Wife avd .Ingenious Companion.
might very well have fav*d them the making. Giving
him to underiiand by this anfwer, that he had pur-
chas'd that Plate not fo much out of Charity, as out of
Pride and Vanity.
148
A Monk going to preach about the Country, ftaid
at Dinner with a poor Parfon of a Country Town ,
But finding neither the Bread nor the Wine good e-
nough to his Palate, he fent one to buy better, with
other neceftary Provisions to make a good Meal.
As he fat at Table, he call'd for a Box full of Utenfils
Si!ver-gi!t, which he us'd in his Travels. The Par-
fon, amaz'd at his Magnificence, ask'd him, Whether
he had w^e his faws ? Tesfure, anfwer'd the Preacher.
Then Father, reply'd the Parfon, Ton antl I could make
a good Monky for ytu have made A Vow of Poverty, ar,t(
I ebferue it.
149
An Italian Parfon , ll Tiovano Arlotto by name,
f>ing through the City of Naples, went to pay his
efpe<5ts to King Alphonfus^ who was told by one
of his Courtiers, that this Parfon was a jocofe fort of
a Man, who freely and pleafantly deliver'd his
Thoughts to Perfons of the higheft Quality, and had
a Book wherein he ufed to write down all the Follies
of the Chief Men in his time. The King, being dif-
pofed to be merry, Mejfer Piovano, faid he to him,
Am I fit down in your Book ? You may fee, anfwer'd
Pzovaxo, and having given him the Book, he found
there amongft other things : A Piece of Fatty committed
by Alphonfus King of Naples, in fending JQ Germany^
a German that was in his Court, with two Ihcufand Du-
fonnit
Le Campagnon Sage & Ingcnieux. 2.16
ponJit un de ces Prelats, worn auruz, pu leur en cpargner la
fafon. Lui faifant entendre par cette reponle, que (a
charite avoit ea mains de pare que fa vanite & Ion
luxe en 1'achapc de cette Vaiffelle.
148
. Un Religieux allant precher par la Campagne,s'arreta
pour diner chez un pauvre Cure de Village,* Mais ne
trouvant pas le Pain ni le Vin aflez bon, il en envoya
acheter de meilleur, avec les autres Provifions ne'cef-
faires a faire un bon Repas. En fe mettant a table il
fe fit apporter une Caifette, remplie d'Utenfiles d'ar-
gent vermeil- dore', dont il fe fervoit dans fes Voyages.
Le Cure, furpris de fa magnificence, lui demanda, S'il
avoit fait fes <voeux ? O*V, fans donte : Repondit le Pre-
dicateur,, Men Pere, lui dit alors le Cure, Nws f trims
done njoui & moi un bon Religieux, Car vous avez, fait
le vom de Pauvretf; & .moy je Pobfervc.
Un Cure' Italien nomme' // Picvano Arlotto paflant
par la ville de Naples, alia faluer le Roy Alpbonje, qui
apprit par un de fes Courtifans que ce Cure etoit un
homme plaiiant., qui difoit iibrement & agreable-
ment ce qu'il penfoit aux Perfbnnes les plus
elevees,, & qu'il avoit un Livre ou il ecrivoit toutes
les Fautes des Principaux de (on tems. Le Roy, etant
d'humeur zl rire, lui dit, Mejfir Pio'vano, ne fcro'n je
point ecrit fur votre livr^? Vous pouvez voir, repondit
Piovanoj & lui ay ant donne le Livre, il y trouva entr 1
autres chofes, Faute faite par Alplionfe Roy de Naples,
d* avoir envoye en Allemagne un Allemand qui etoit en fa
Cour four lui acheter des Cbcvaux. En quoi trouves tu que
j'aye failli, dit le Roy un peu emu, de donner cette
P 4 cats
H7 7k c Wife and Ingenious Companion.
cats to buy him Horfes. How do you find that I have
done amifs,faid the King a little moved, in giving that
r'd
Commiftion to a German ? Why ! anfwer'd
becaufe he will ftay in his own Country with your
Money; What if he returns with Horfes, or brings
me my Money back again, what wilt thou fay then ?
Said the King: Well then, replied P'urvano, FH blot your
Name out of my Book, and put the German's inftead ont.
IfO
An Italian Parfon, one Day invited to Dinner II
T'wvano drlotto } with many other Parfbns , and ha-
ving a mind to fhew his Wit,, took thefe afide and
told them, Gentlemen, 'tis my opinion that we fhould
make our felves merry to Day with Piovano, who, you
know, fets up for a jefter, and drolls upon every Bo-
dy } Being my Claik lies Sick, and that I no Body
t wait on us, I will propofe to draw Cuts, to fee
which of us fhall go to the Cellar to draw the Wine,
and wait on the Reft whilft they are at Dinner: And
I will contrive it fo, that it (hall fall to Piovams Lot;
which being thus concluded amongft them, was put
in Execution accordingly. Pio'vano fmoak'd the Plot,
andrefolvd ro make his Hoft Repent it. Down he
goes to the Cellar to fill the Bottles,whilft the others fell
to, and being come up again with the Bottles, Youjee,
Gentlemen, faid he, How I have perform d -what I had to
do$ let's -ROW draw Cuts to fee "which ofusjhallgo down into
the Cellar to flop the Hogs-heads I left running. Now the
Landlord talk'd no more of cafting Lots, and know-
ing Piovanc to be a Man that would as loon do it, as
fay it, leaves prefentiy his Dinner, and runs to the
Cellar, where he finds his VeiVels running, and part
of his Wine fpilt : which as he afterwards expo';. )-
Co*
Le Compagnott Sa&e & fngevieux. a 18
Commiflion a un Alkwand ? c'eft, repondit Piovano,
parce qu'il reftera en fon Pajs avec votre argent ; Et
s'il revient avec des Chevaux, ou qu'il me rappoite
mon argent, que diras tu alors ? repartit le-Roy : A-
lorsj repliqua Piovavo, je vous effacerai de mon Livre,
& fy ecrirai /'Alemand en votre place.
Jjo
Un Cure It alien invita un jour a diner il Tiovano Ar-
Jfftto avec plufieurs autres Curez , & voulant faire le
plaifant, il tira ceux-ci a part & leur dit : Meflieurs,
je fnis d'avis que nous nous divertiflions aujourd'huy
aux Depens de Piovwo, qui comme vous iavez, fait
le bon Compagnon., & fe moque de tout le Monde,-
Comme mon Clerc eft malade, & que je n'ai perfon-
ne pour nous fervir, j'ai deffein de vous propofer de
tirer a la courte Paille, pour voir lequel dc nous irt
a la Cave tirer le vin, & fervir les autres pendant qu'ils
dineront, & je ferai en forte que le fort tombcra fur
Tio'vanoy ce qui ayant ece conclu entr'eux, fut execute.
Piovano s'apperceut du complot, Sc refolut d'en faire
repentir fon Hote,* il s'en va a la Cave remplir les Bou-
teilies pendant que les autres commen$oient a diner, &
ttant remonte avec les Bouteilles, Vouz, voyez,, Mfjfieurs,
leur dic-il, ccmme fai fait ce qae lefort ma cretonne j tirons
prejentement a la courte paille pour voir lequel de nous defcendra
a la Cave four refertner les tnuids quc j'ai laijjtz, otrverts. A-
lors le Maitrc de la Maifon ne parla plus de tirer au fort,
& connoiiTant Ptovavo, pour etre homme a Tavoir fait
tomme il le difoit., il quitta promtement fon Diner, 6c
courut a la Cave ou il trouva fes Muids ou verts, &
tine partie de fon vin perdu , dont il fit enfuite de fort
grandes Plaintes a Piovano. Vous navez, pas raijvn dt
ted
lip The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
ted with Piovano, You have no Reafon to Complain of me,
a n fiver V be, face I b*ve punctually fatisfied the Conditions
cf the Pity', which indeed obliged me to draw the V/int
and fill the Bottles, but not to /top the Veffds of 4 Hoft who
entertains his Gucfts fo
A Courtier playing at Picket in a Gaming Ordina-
ry, and finding by the Cards he took in, that he had
difcarded amifs, / am a dwnright GoufTaut, cry'd he.
NOW Gcttff'aut was the Name of a Pref-ident, who was
none of the greateft Wits of his Time , but who hap-
ned to be tiiere behind the Gamefter, unperceived by
him. This Prefident nettled to hear himfelf quoted
upon fuch an Occafion, told him, Hs was a Coxcomb :
Toufaj right, reply'd the Gamefter, that's it I meant.
152
Marriage is font e time s a Cure for Love.
CLitander having feen by chance Celimene, flood
both furprifed and charm'd with her Beauty.
However becaufe fhe had but a very mean Fortune,
and that he was Matter of a vaft Eftate, he reflefted
upon an Engagement which he found no lefs lirong,
than Sudden. He had quite loft his Repofej he felt
himfelf in continual agitation, and feared left a Pafli-
on, fo very violent in its firft rife, fliould, prompt
him at laft to gratify his Heart at the Fxpence of his
fortune. In order to banifii fo dangerous a Tender-
nefs from bis Heart, he wenr to ferve a Campaign in
FlaaJers, but came back deeper in Love than he, was
Le Compa&non Sage & hgenieux. 210
<vous flaindre de Moy, lui repondit il, puisc/ae fay fat is-
fait ponttuettement an jeu y ejui m avert bun ordonne 4'aller
tirer le win, & de re^nflir les Bottle I lies, Mais non fas Je
refermer les Muids d'un Hote qn't fait ft ntal les honnews df
fa Ma If on.
Ifl
Un Courtifan joiiant au Piquet dans une Academie,
& ay ant reconnu par les ^Cartes qui lui rentroient,
qu'il avoit mal ecarte' 3 il s'ecria, je fuis un franc Gouf-
faut^ c'etoit le nom d un Prefident,, qui ne paflbit pas
pour etre des plus eclairez de fbn Terns, mais qui fe
trouva pour lors par hazard derriere le joiieur qui ne
1'avoit pas aperceu. Ce Prefident, fe fentant offense
d etre cite en cette occafion, lui dit, quil ctoh un fot :
Voui awe*, raifon, lui repondit le joiieur, ceft celarn2mes
voulois dire.
- /
Le Mariage eft quelquefois UH Remede contre FA-
wear.
CLitandre ayant veu par hazard Cdimene, il demeu-
ra furpris & charme de fa beaute extraordinaire,
Cependant comme elle n'avoic qu'un bien mediocre,
& qu'il avoit des Richefies immenfes.il fit Reflexion fur
un engagement qu'il trouvoit bien prompt, & bien
fort. II n'avoit plus de repos : II fe fencoit continuel-
lement agite, &: il craignoit qu'une Paflion qui etoit
si violente des fon commencement, ne le portat enfin
a fatisfaire fon coeur au prejudice de fa Fortune. Pour
bannir de fon ame une tendrefle fi dangereufe il alia
faire une Campagne en Flandres $ mais il revint plus
araoureux qu'il n'etoit parti. Puis, s'accufant de
at
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
at his Departure. Then accufing his own. Weakness,
he made a fecond attempt and refolv'd to travel into
Italf but the Diverfions of Rome, and the Carnaval of
Venice, proved as ulelefs as the Siege of Namur. Cli-
tander return'd more ardent and paffionate than ever,
and as his Friend Phllantes came to vifit him. Dear
Thilantes, faid he, I lead a lingring wretched Life ,
I cannot forget Cdimeve, 1 fancy her always prefent
to my view with all her Charms. At la/}, added he,
at laft 1 Tnufl marry her, to ceafe to love her. He did (b,
and a Months Marriage chang'd his violent and boy-
fterous Love into a gentle and quiet Friendihip.
Of the Qtesx of Spain an J her Parrots.
" I He Camerara Major, or firft Lady of Honour and
* Groom of the'StoIe, to the laft Queen of Spain,
was a Woman of a mighty fowr angry Humour.,
who took upon her rather to govern than to ferve her
Miftrels , She mortally hated two Parrots, the Queen
had brought along with her from France, be aufe they
could talk French. One Day her Majefty going a-
broadj the Cawerara took the Parrots from their kee-
per, wrung oiF their Necks in cold Blood, and chen
went her way. As foon as the Queen came home,
/he askt for her Parrots, that were her chief Diversion
in a Countrey, where fhe fcarce enjoyed any other.
Her Women amaz'd , difcover'd Surpiize in their
Faces, and not being able to anfwer a Word at firft ,
confefsd the whole Matter at laft. This ftruck her
Heartj but fhe thought convenient to conceal her Re-
fentment. Some time after, the Camerara coming
Foibeiie
Le Cowpa&non Sa&e & In$enieux.
FoiblefTe, il fit un fecond efforc & entreprit le voyage
d' Italic; mais les DivertilTemens de Rome, &: leCar-
naval de Vw\[t ne furent pas moins inutiles que le
Siege de Namur. Clitandre fut a fon etour plus pa
fionne que jamais , & comme fon Ami Philante
fut lui rendre vifite, Mon cher Pbilzntey lui dit il, je
traine une vie malheureufe , je ne puis oubiier Celi-
mene , je m imagine qu elle eft toujours dcvant mes
yeux avec rous fes Charm esj Enfin , ajouta-t-il , cnfin
il faudra, que je rtpdufe fsttr ctjjer de Faimtr. Il 1'cpouia
en effet , & un mois de Mariage changea fon Amour
violente & tumuitueufe, en une Amicie douce 6c tran-
quille-
>n
De la Heine /Efpagne & de fss Perroquets.
T A Camerara Major , ou la premiere Dame d'hon-
^-^ neur 3 de la feue Reinc d : -fpagne, etoic une Fem-
me d une humeur chagiine & emportee, qui au lieu
de fervir fa Maitrefie, fe cro>oit en dro-t de la gou-
verner: Eile haiitoit moicel.emenc deux Perroquets
que la Reine avoit apporcez de France , parce qu ils
parloienc treats. Un joui fa Majede etanc fortie, la
Camerara 3 pric les Perroquets de ceile qui les gardoic,
leur tordit le cou de fang hold ,, &; s en alia. Auffi
tot que la Reine fut revenue, elie demanda fes Perro-
qutts,, qui ctoient fon plus g^and diver tilTement, dans
un Pays ou elle n'en avoit guere d autre ^ ies Femmes
tout etonnees firent parokre leur furpnlc (ur leur Vi
age, &: ne fachant d'abord que lui repondre, elks
lui avoiierent enfin ce qui en ttoit. Ceia iui perva le
coeur, mais elle tvouva a pio^cs de cacher Ion reflen-
timent. Quelque terns apres la Camera etant dc
reiour,
The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
back , and feeing her Majefty calm enough 3 offered
to kifs her Hands, as (he us'd to do, but was receiv'd
by the Queen with two great Boxes on the Ear. The
Confufion of that haughty Woman., upon fo fenfible
an Affront,, can hardly be expreft,* fhe went out in
a Paflion , and gathered all her Kindred and Relati-
ons : applied her felf to the King, with a Train of
Four hundred Ladies, and was fo importunate with
him for the Reparation of her Honour , that he was
fain to come and ask the Queen her Reaibns. Sir,
replied readily that Ingenious Princefs , 'twas but to
fave a Woman; longing. Do you then think two enough,
Madam ? anfwer'd the King ? - elfe, pray, letjier have
two Dozen. And as one Misfortune comes upon the
neck of another 3 the Ca-merara loft her place to boot.
A well deferved Reward for fuch as keep not the Re-
fpe# due to fo Sacred Perfons.
Of 'an Old Impotent LorJ.
AN Old Lord fell in Love with a young Gentle-
woman that waited upon his Lady : The Frailty
which is pretty common in Waiting-women , being
happily fupported by the Defers of an Old Man, fhe
found ftrength enough in her felf to refift his Sollicita-
tions : Moreover,fhe told her Lady of it,and con firm 'd
by a Shower of Tears thofe Proofs of her Chaftity. Ic
is not poflible, Madam, faid fhe, for me to bear it any
longer : What does my Lord make of me ? And how
can he have the Thoughts that I can be wanting in
my Duty, either to your Ladi/hip, or to my Ho-
nour ? If he goes on at this rate, I befeech your Ladi-
rotour
Le Compaction Sage & Ingenhux. 114
retour 3 & voyant fa Majefte affez calme , s'approcha
d'elle pour lui baifcr la main comme elle avoir accou-
cnme de faire, mais elle en fut receue' avec deux
grands ibufHets. A peine peut on exprimer la confu-
fion qu'un affront fi fenfible donna a cette Ferame fu-
perbe : Elle fortit toute en colere, & ramalfanc routes
fes Parentes & Aliiees, elle s'en alia trouvcr le Roy
avec une fuite de quatre cens Dames, & lui demands
la Reparation de fon honneur avec cant d imporru-
nite, qu'ils fe vit oblige d'alier chez la Reine, poor
favoir fea Raifbns. Sire , repliqua cette ingenitufe
Princeffe , ce vftoit que four faire pajjer une mvie de
Femmes : Eft-ce done affez de deux, Madame, repon-
dit le Roy : Autrement, je vous prie,, appliquez lui
en deux douzaines. Et comme un malhetir ne vienc
jamais fcule la Camerara perdit fa place fur le Marchc.
Digne recompenfe de ceux qui perdenr le refped qui
eft du a des Perfonnes fi auguftes.
D'ttn v/eux Seigneur
IlN vieux Seigneur devint gmoureux d'une jeune
*-* Dcmoifelle qui fervoit fa Femme : La Fragilke
qui eft alfez oidjnaire aux Suivantes fe trouvanc heu-
reufement foutence par les defagr^mens du Vicillard ,
Elle eur affez de force pour refifter a (es Soiiicitari-
ons; Elle en avertic meme fa Mairreffe^ & confirms
par fes : armes ces Temoignagnes de fa Chaftete. II
n'eft pas poflible,, Madame , lui die elle , que je fbuf-
fre davantage : Pour qui me prend Monfieur ? EC
comment peut-il me croire capable de manqucr a ce
que je dois 8c a vous^ & a mon honneur ? S'il conti-
nue , je vous fupplie de me permettre de me retirer.
to
115" 'fbe Wife and Ingenious Companion.
to let me be gone. The good Lady very much in-
cenfed againft her Husband , and no left pleas'd with
her Woman's Honefty, told her, Child never trouble
thy felf, neither think of leaving me, as long as thou
art allured of my kindnefs to tliee. Then Madam ,
returned (he , be fo kind as to free me from my
Lord's Perfecutions. Well, faid the Lady, there comes
now in my Thoughts an expedient very fit for that
purpofe : Thou muft dhTemble a kindnefs for him,
and afterwards give him an Aflignation in thy Cham-
ber. I, Madam,, give him an Aflignation ? faid the
Waiting-woman. Hear me out, replied the Lady,
When thou haft fet the time, and left the Door open,
1*11 go in thy place into thy Bed , and thou fhalt flip
into my Room, and then, when he comes, I'll make
him fo afham'd , that he'll have no more Thoughts
of tormenting thee. The Waiting- woman perform'd
with care her Lady's Orders : And the Night being
come , the old Dotard crept into the Chamber , and
eagerly went to that Bed where his Wife waited for
his coming. She did not think it convenient to quar-
rel with him at firft ; but this Adventure being carri-
ed on more chaftly than fhe had expe&ed , fhe grew
weary on't , and refolv'd to give her Tongue its li-
berty, What ! is it only for this, faid (he, that you have
been at fo much pains ? The Husband acknowledging
his Error by his Wife's Voice , I vow , Madam, faid
he, my Body has been wifer than my Mind, for it bat
known you, when my blinded Mind took you for a bandfom
Maid,
Le Ccmpagnon Sage & Ingtttstux. -1,1,6
La bonne Dame fort piquee centre fon Mari , & tres
contente de I'honnetete de fauivante, lui dit, Ma
fille, ne te mets point en-peine , il ne faut pas que tu
fonges a me qiiitter, etant fi afTeuree que tu Tes de
mon Amitie. II faut done , Madame , reprit-elle ,
que vous me delivriez des Perfections de Monfieun
He bien, lui dit la Dame, il me vient dans 1'efprit un
expedient fort propre pour cela : II faut que tu fafles,
femblant de t'addoueir pour lui, & qu'enfuite tu lui
donnes la nuit un Rendez-vous dans ta Chambre,
Moy, Madame , lui donner un Rendez-vous? lui
cJit la Demoifelle ; ecoute jufqu'du bout ce que j'ai 4
te dire , repliqua la Dame : Quand tu lui auras
donne Theure, & laifle la Porte ouverte, j'irai en ta,
place dans ton lit & tu pafleras dans ma Chambre, 6c
alors quand il viendra je lui ferai tant de honte qu'il
n'aura plus i'enyie de te. tonrmenter. La fuivante exe r
cuta avee foin les ordres de fa MaitrefTe: ,la nuje
venue, le vieillard amoureux fe glifla dans fa Cham^
bre, & alia avec empreflement dans le lit ou fa Fem-
me 1'attendoir. Elle ne jugea pas a propos de le que-
reller d'abprd,mais comme cette avanture fe paflbit plus
chaftement qu'elle ne s'y etoit attenduS , elle s'en
ennuya , & fe refblut enfin de parler : Qtoy ! neft-c
done tjue fbur cela } lui dit elle, que vous -vouittei dannc tant
dt peine ? Le Mari reconnut alors fbn erreur & la voi:-:
de la Femme, Je vousavoue, Madame , lui dit-il, que
mon Corps eft plus fage que mon Efprit , car il vous a
ftcormm , & men Efjprtt aveuglc vcttt prenoit pour une
jolie fHe.
The
2,17 The Wife and Ingenious Companion.
The Widow* Exchange.
\ Young Lady having lately buried her Husband,
** whom /he call'd Old Simon , ordered a Carver
to make her a Statue of Wood, as near his Figure as
he could , which was laid by her Side every Night
in remembrance of him, In the mean time, a young
Gentleman tbat had a great Paffion for her, by the
Interceflion of fbme Guineas , prevaiT.d with her
Maid to lay him one Night in the place of Old Simon.
The Widow went to Bed , and after her tifual man-
ner caft her Arms over her dear Husband's Statue ,
and rinding it very warm, fhe crept clofer and clofer
to it, till at length they came very clofe together, by
which fhe perceiv'd it was not her Wooden Bed Fel-
low. In the Morning the Maid call'd at her Cham-
ber-door, as ;fhe us'd to do, Madam, What will you
pleafe to have for Dinner ? She reply'd , Roil the
Turky that was brought in Yefterday, Boil a Leg of
Mutton and Colley- flowers , and get a good Diin of
Fruit. Madam, fays the Maid, we have not Wood
enough to drefs fb much Meat. If not , reply'd flic',
you may burn Old Simon .
156
Tie Foolijb Confejjioit.
\ Simple Fellow in Lombard^ had a great Love to
** a young Maid, as he thought fhe was, and that
they might live peaceably and quietly together, he
thought of this Expedient; one day he told her, that
it was his full intent to marry her, and to prevent
Le Campagnon Sage & Ingenieux.
/> Tree </(p la Veuve.
1 1 N E jeune Dame, qui venoit d'enterrer fbn Mari,
** qu'elle appelloit le vieux Simon , commanda a un
Statuaire de lui faire une Statu<? de Bois auffi refTem-
blante qu'il pourroit, laquelie elle faifoic mettre toutes
Ics nuits a fon cote, pour fe fouvenir de lui. Cependant
un jeune Gentilhomme qui 1'aimoit paffionne'ment,
gagna fi bien fa Servante par 1'entremife de (es Guine'es,
qu'elle le mit une nuic en la place du vieux Simw,
La Veuve s'alla coucher, & felon fa coutume embrafifa
la Statue de fon cher Man, & la trouvant fort chaude 3
elle s'en approcha davantage , juiqu'a ce que s'-etant
embra(Tez fort etroitement,elle s'apperceut que ce n etoit
point fon homme de Bois. La Matin, fa Servante vint
a la porte de la Chambre felon fa coutume, & lui
demanda ce qu'elle fouhaitoit avoir a diner ? A quoi
elle repondit,, Fais rotir le Dindon qu'on apporta hier,
& bouillir un Gigot de Mouton avec des choux rkurs ,
& achete nous un bon plat de Fruit, Madame , dit la
Servante, nous n'avous pas aflez de Bois pour appreteF
tant de Viandes. Et bkn, repliqua-c-elle, vent '.
u<i hruhr le <viuux Simon.
hdifcrsi.
156
UN Idiot en Lonibarfai etoit fort amoureux d'une
Fille qu'il croyoit etre Pucelle ; 8i afin de vivre
en paix & en bonne araitie avec elle, il s'avifa de cec
expedient; un jour il lui die qu'il avoit refolu de
1'epoufer , & que pour evitcr toutes fortes de querellcs
Q ? future
The Wife and Ingenious Companion*
future Quarrels , he faid , he would tell her all the
'Secrets of his Heart., that their Alliance might be the
ftionger. Among many other things,, he told her,
That in the Heat of his Youth , he got a Son op a
Friend of his, which Friend was yet living, and de-
fir'd her not to take it amifs. No, no, faid fhe, I am
very well pleas'd 3 for a Friend of mine got me with
Child , and it is a Daughter ; and if you intend to
fortify our Alliance , it may be done with another
Marriage, between your Son and my Daughter
The Gafcon purifi'd.
A Young Widow, rich and beautiful, was belov'd
** 'by a young Ga/conj both poor and proud. : This
Gafccn had a mind to be thought very intimate with
the Lady., and boafted of more Favours than he re<-
ceiv'd. The Lady, who lov'd to be Merry, refolv'd
to punifh him for it after a new manner: I know, faid
/he to him, you have an Affection for me, and doubt
not but you will give me proofs of it- upon an Oc-
cafign that now offers it felf. The Gafcon aflur'd her
fee Was ready to do any thing to ferve her. You know,
added the Widow, fuch a Lady of my Acquaintance^
who has a Crofs and Jealous Man to her Husband ,
that will never give 'her leave to He abroad , now it
is neceffary , for fome private Reafons , that flie
fliould lie with me to Night j and what I defire of
you , is to lie in her place , that her Husband, who
will come home late, finding you in his Bed , may
take you to be his Wife : And as he rifes earlier than
/he_, to go about his Bufinefs, he will take no notice
of any thing ,* for though he be Jealous of his Wife;
aTavenir,
Le Companion Sage & Ixgenieux. 130
& 4'avenir, il vouloit lui dire tous fes Secrets, afin de
rendre par la leur Alliance plus ferme: Entre autres
Chofes, il lui die, que dans la Chaleur de fa jeuneile il
avoit fait un Garden a une de fes amies, laquelle etoic
encore en vie , & qu il la prioit que cela ne lui fie
point de peine. Non, non, dit elle, j'en fuis fort con-
tente, car un de mes Amis m'a fait une Fille, & fi
vous voulez fortifier notre Alliance , nous pouvous
le faire par un autre Mariage de votre Fils avec ma
Fille.
Le Gafcon punt.
UN E jeune Veuve belle & riche, etoit aime'e par un
jeune Gafcon, pauvre & prefomptueux. Ce Gaf*
eon vouloit qu'on crut qu il etoit fort bien avec cette
Dame,& divuiguoit beaucoup plus de favours qu il n'ea
rccevoit. La Dame qui etoit d'une humeur enjoiice
c plaifante, refolut de Ten punir d une manicre npu-
velle : Je fai, lui dit elle, que vous avez de TAfTedion
pour moy ; & je fuis perfuadee que vous voudrez bien
m'en donner des Marques dans une Occafion qui (e
preiente , le Gafcon lui temoigna etre pr^t a tout faire
pour fon Service ; vous connoifleu, ajouta la veuve,
une telle Dame de mes amies, qui a un Mari jaloux
& fort incommode } & qui ne lui permet pas de
coucher hors de chez lui, cependant il eft neceffaire,
pour des Raifons particulieres , qu'elle couche ce ibir
chez moy, & ce que je defire de vous eft que vous
ailliez vous coucher en fa place, afin que fon Mari,
qui ne reviendra que tard, vous trouvant dans Ion
lit croye que c'eft fa Femme , & comme il fe levc
de meilleur matin qu'elle pour aller a fes Affaires,
he
2,3 I The Wife axd Ingenious Companion,
he feldom difturbs her Reft at Night. The Gafeon
confented to every thing, and fuffer'd himfelf to be
carried to his Miftrefs's Friend^ they drefs'd his Head
in Womens Night- Cloachs , and afterwards he laid
himfelf in the Bed of the Jealous Husband,, who the
young Lady knew would not be at home that Night.
The two Ladies left the Gafeon alone in Bed , and a
little while after the young Widow came in in her
Night Gown, and without a Light, and went to Bed
to him. The Gafeon 3 who took her for the Jealous
Husband, was in great Pain and Trouble , he lay
extreamiy clofe , and turning his Back to the young
Widow, put himfelf as near the other fide of the Bed
as poffible. Thus he fpent a whole Night more
reftlefs and uneafy than any in his Life, being ftill
apprehenfive of fome prepoiierous CareiTes from the
Jealous Husband ,- but his Trouble increas'd when at
break of Day , the young Widow rung a Bell, at the
noife of which he heatd fome body coming into the
Room; he cover'd his Head with the Eed-Cloaths,
and fuch was his fear of being known, that he wijh'd
he could have buried himfelf in the Bed. Now 'twas
the Widow's Friend that came in, and opened the
Curtains , and at that very inftant the Widow rofe
from Bed adorn 'd with all her natural Beauties ,
which made almoft the Gafeon die with Regret, Spite,
and Shame, for making fuch ill ufe of fo favourable
a Night.
f I A~ / S.
Le Compaction Sage & Ivgemeux. z ; 2,
il ne s'appercevra de rien , car quoy qu'il foit fort
ialdux de fa Femme, il n'a pas accoutume de troubler
fbn repos durant la nuit. Le Gafcon apres avoir conlenti
a tout ce qu'elle voulut , fe laiffa mener chez FAmie
de fa MaitreiTe , on lui mit une coiffure de nuit telle
que les Femmes en portent , & il fe mit enfuitc dans
le lit du Mari jaloux qui etoit abfent, & que la jeune
Veuve favoit bien ne devoir pas revenir ce foir la :
les deux Amies laiflerent le Gafcon feul dans ce lit, &
quelque terns apres la jeune Veuve entra en Robbe de
Chambre, & fans lumiere, &alla fe coucher aupre's
de lui. Le Gafcon qui la prenoit pour le Mari jaloux,
etoit en une peine extreme , il tenoit fort peu de
place, &: tournant le dos a la jeune Veuve, il s etoit
mis le plus pres qu'il avoit pu de Tautre bord du
lit. II pafTa de cette forte une nuit la plus in
quiete qu'il cut jamais cue , apprehendant toujours
quelques Carelies a centre terns du Mari jaloux , mais
fa peine fut encore olus gratide, lorfque le jour com-
^ant ^ paroitre, la jeune Veuve prit une Ibnnette su
bruk de laquelle il entendit qu'il entroit quelqu'un dans
la Chambre ,* il le couvrit la tete avec la Couverture,
&: auroit voulu s'ablmer dans le lit, rant il avoit peur
d'etre connu. Ce fut 1'Amie de la Veuve qui entra &:
qui ouvrit les ritkaux du lit , d'ou la veuve ibrtit aufli-
tot paree de routes fes beautez naturelles, qui penfe-
rent faire mourir le Gafcon de regret, de depir, & de
home d avoir fait un fi mauvais ufage d'une fi belle
nutt.
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