A Painter having promised the finest of all his Pictures, to one who had no skill in them, this Man came and told him cunningly, that his House was on Fire: The Painter cry’d presently to his Prentice, _Be sure you save such a Picture_: By that means he found that this must be the best, and he asked it of him assoon as his Trouble was over, and that he was satisfied that it was but a false Alarm 48 Un Peintre ayant promis le plus beau de tous ses Tableaux à une Personne qui ne s’y connoissoit pas, elle lui vint dire adroitement que le Feu étoit en son Logis: le Peintre s’écria d’abord à son Eleve, _qu’on me sauve un tel Tableau_. Elle reconnut par là que, c’étoit le meilleur, et le lui demanda aprés que son émotion fut appaisée, et qu’il eût appris que cette allarme étoit fausse. 49 Certain Peasants complaining to a Captain, that his Soldiers had Robb’d them, he asked them whether they had left them any thing? they answered Yes, _Well_, said the Captain, _then they are none of my Soldiers, for they would certainly have taken all away_. 49 Quelques Païsans se plaignant à un Capitaine que ses Soldats les avoient volez, il leur demanda s’ils leur avoient laissé quelque chose? ils lui repondirent que ouï: _Hé bien_, leur dit le Capitaine, _ce ne sont donc pas mes Soldats, ils auroient assurément tout emporté._ 50 King _Alphonsus_ answered certain Persons, who pressed him to give Battle when he must have run a great Danger: _’Tis the Duty of a General, not only to Fight, but also to Conquer_. 50 Le Roy _Alphonse_ repondit à quelques Personnes qui le pressoient de donner Bataille dans une Conjoncture dangereuse. _Le Devoir d’un Général, c’est de Vaincre, non pas de Combattre seulement._ 51 _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_. 51 _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_. 52 _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_. 52