Un Chymiste ayant dedié au Pape _Leon_ X. un Livre où il se vantoit d’apprendre la maniere de faire de l’Or, s’attendoit à recevoir un magnifique Present: Mais le Pape ne lui envoya qu’une grande Bourse toute vuide, & lui fit dire, _Que puis qu’il savoit faire de l’Or, il n’avoit besoin que d’un lieu pour le mettre_. 9 A Gentleman of the Court of _France_, went to one of his Friends to wish him joy about a Dignity to which he was lately raised: This Man puffed up with his new Preferment, ask’d who he was? the other, without discomposing himself, speaks to another tune, and tells him, _That he came to condole the Misfortune that had befallen him, and that he was extreme sorry to see him both Deaf and Blind, since he knew not his best Friends_. 9 Un Galant homme de la Cour de _France_ alla chez un de ses Amis pour le feliciter d’une dignité qu’il avoit obtenuë depuis peu: Celui-ci tout fier de sa nouvelle élevation demanda qui il ètoit? l’autre sans se deconcerter, change de langage, & lui dit, _Qu’il venoit lui témoigner la douleur qu’il avoit du malheur qui lui ètoit arrivé & qu’il ètoit fort touché de le voir sourd & aveugle, puis qu’il ne reconnoissoit plus ses meilleurs Amis_. 10 A bad _Italian_ Preacher made one Day a Sermon upon the Panegyrick of a Saint, and in the heat of his Discourse ask’d with a great Motion, where shall I place my Saint? Where shall I place my Saint? A merry Fellow who happen’d to be one of his Hearers, being tired with his Preaching, resolv’d to be gone, and cry’d to him in a loud Voice: _Here is my room that I leave for him_. 10 Un méchant Prédicateur _Italien_ préchoit un jour le Panegyrique d’un Saint, & ètant dans l’ardeur de son Discours, il demandoit avec beaucoup d’emotion où mettrai-je mon Saint? où mettrai-je mon Saint? un Plaisant qui ètoit dans son Auditoire, ennuyé de sa Predication, resolut de s’en aller, & lui cria tout haut: _Voilà ma place que je lui laisse_. 11 The famous _Moliere_ being dead, many Poetasters writ Epitaphs upon him. One of them went one Day and presented one of his own making to a Prince much renown’d for his Wit: _Would to God, Sir_, said the Prince, receiving the Epitaph, _that_ Moliere _presented me yours_. 11 Quand le fameux _Moliere_ fut mort, plusieurs mauvais Poëtes lui firent des Epitaphes. Un d’entr’eux, alla un jour en presenter une de sa façon à un Prince fort célébre par son Esprit: _Plût à Dieu, Monsieur_, lui dit le Prince en la recevant, _que_ Moliere _me presentât la vôtre_. 12 A _French_ Courtier was suspected of defect, but would never own it; one Day meeting the Poet _Benserade_, who had often jeer’d him about it; Sir, said he, for all your silly Jests, my Wife was brought to Bed two Days ago: _Faith, Sir_, reply’d Benserade, _I never questioned your Wife_. 12