D’ou viennent done ces meubles à la mode?
—D’un troc. Je vais te conter tout cela;
Mais—mon mari—ta pipe m’incommode.
Pons de Verdun.
An Encomium on Tobacco.
Thrice happy Isles that stole the world’s delight
And thus produce so rich a Margarite!
It is the fountain whence all pleasure springs,
A potion for imperial and mighty kings.