Dragut, a Turkish Pirate, caused Ibrahim to be put to Death, just after he had delivered up to him the Town Aphrodisium, which the Moors call Mahudia; and because he had promised him his Life: and great Rewards, he said for his Justification: That no body is obliged to keep his Word, with one who had been Traytor to his own Country.
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Dragut, Corsaire Turc, fit tuer Ibrahim, qui venoit de lui livrer la Ville d’Aphrodisium, que les Maures nomment Mahudia; et comme il lui avoit promis la Vie avec de grandes Recompences, il dit pour se justifier: Que personne n’étoit obligé de tenir sa Parole à celui quî avoit été Traitre à sa Patriie.
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Alphonsus King of Aragon, drunk so little Wine, that his Friends wondring at it, he said: Alexanders excessive Love of Wine, was a great Blemish to his Glory, for it obscures Reason and Vertue: He said likewise: Wine has two very ill Daughters, Fury, and brutish Love.
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Alphonse Roy d’Aragon, beuvoit si peu de Vin, que ses Amis s’en étonant, il leur dit: L’Amour qu’Alexandre eut pour le Vin ternit beaucoup l’éclat de sa Gloire, il fait ombre & obscurit la Raison et la Vertu, il disoit encore, Le Vin a deux fort méchantes Filles, la Fureur et l’Amour brutal.
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King Lewis XI. hearing that Nicolas Raulin, Chancellour to the Duke of Burgundy, had founded a rich Hospital at Beaune, said: It is but reason that the Chancellor of Burgundy, who in his Life-time has made so many Beggars, should in his latter Days build an Hospital for them.
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