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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King Henry the IV, hearing that a famous Protestant Physician had quitted his Religion, and turned Roman Catholick, said to the Duke of Sully, who was then with him: My friend, thy Religion is very desperate, since ’tis given over by the Physicians.

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Le Roy Henri IV. apprenant qu’un fameux Medecin Protestant avoit quitté sa Religion pour se faire Catholique Romain, dit au Duc de Sully qui ètoit alors avec lui: Mon Ami, ta Religion est bien malade, car elle est abandonnée des Medecins.