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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Count Mansfelt having received three Routings in Germany, went to the French King for new Recruits. As he was seeing the two Queens one day at Dinner, the Queen Mother said, They say Count Mansfelt is here among the Croud. I do not believe it, said the young Queen, for whensoever he sees a Spaniard he runs away.

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Le Comte de Mansfelt, ayant perdu trois Battailles en Allemagne, vint demander de nouveaux Renforts au Roy de France. Un jour qu’il alla voir les deux Reines à diner, la Reine Mere dit: On dit que le Comte de Mansfelt est parmi cette Foule; je n’en crois rien, Dit la jeune Reine, Car il prend la fuite d’abord qu’il voit un Espagnol.