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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Henry IV. King of France was so generous, that he ordered Vitri, Captain of his Life-Guards, to take into his Troop the Man that wounded him in the Battle of Aumale. The Mareschal d’Estrees being one Day in his Coach, and this Life-Guard-man riding by the Boot, There is, said the King, pointing to him, the Soldier who wounded me at the Battle of Aumale.

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Henri IV. Roy de France fut si genereux que de vouloir que Vitri Capitaine de ses Gardes du Corps, recût dans sa Compagnie celui qui le blessa dans la Bataille d’Aumale. Le Maréchal d’Etrées ètant un jour dans son Carrosse, & ce garde marchant à la Portiere, Voilà, lui dit le Roy, en le montrant, le Soldat qui me blessa à la Bataille d’Aumale.