The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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The famous Moliere being dead, many Poetasters writ Epitaphs upon him. One of them went one Day and presented one of his own making to a Prince much renown’d for his Wit: Would to God, Sir, said the Prince, receiving the Epitaph, that Moliere presented me yours.

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Quand le fameux Moliere fut mort, plusieurs mauvais Poëtes lui firent des Epitaphes. Un d’entr’eux, alla un jour en presenter une de sa façon à un Prince fort célébre par son Esprit: Plût à Dieu, Monsieur, lui dit le Prince en la recevant, que Moliere me presentât la vôtre.