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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Philip was asking King Antigonus his Father, before several Persons, when he design’d to decamp. The King surpriz’d at his Sons indiscretion, which was like to disclose a design he had a mind to keep secret: What, said he to him, are you afraid to be the only Man that shall not hear the sound of the Trumpet, which is to give you notice of it.

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Philippe demandoit au Roy Antigonus son Pere, en presence de plusieurs Personnes, quand il vouloit decamper: Ce Roy surpris de l’indiscretion de son Fils, qui alloit decouvrir un dessein qu’il vouloit tenir secret: quoi donc, lui dit-il, craignez vous d’être le seul qui n’entendiez pas le son de la Trompette, qui vous en doit avertir?