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 same King viewing one Day his Arcenal, a Lord askt him whether one could find any Canons in the World as good as those there: Cods-fish, answer’d the King, I never could find better Canons than those of the Church.

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Le même Roy visitant un jour son Arcenal, un Seigneur lui demanda si l’on pouvoit trouver au Monde d’aussi-bons Canons que ceux qu’ils voyoient: Ventre saint gris, repondit le Roy, je n’ai jamais trouvé de meilleurs Canons que ceux de la Messe.