140
King Pyrrhus having beat the Romans in two Battles, wherein he had lost a great many of his Men, said to his Friends: If I win a third battel at the same rate, we are undone without hopes of Recovery.
140
Le Roy Pyrrhus, aprés avoir gagné contre les Romains deux Batailles où il avoit perdu beaucoup de Monde, dit à ses amis: Si je gagne encore de même une troisiéme Bataille nous sommes perdus sans ressource.
141
Epaminondas viewing the sumptuous Preparations which were making for a Feast in a Sacrifice, to which he had been invited, he went his way, and said: I am called to a Sacrifice, and I find my self in a Debauch.
141
Epaminondas voyant l’appareil somptueux d’un Festin qui se faisoit en un sacrifice où on l’avoit invité, il se retira, disant: On m’appelle à un Sacrifice, & je me trouve à une Debauche.
142
The Captain Chabrias said, That an Army of Harts commanded by a Lion, is more formidable than an Army of Lions commanded by a Hart.