Un Prince railloit un de ses Courtisans, qui l’avoit servi dans plusieurs Ambassades, & lui disoit, _qu’il ressembloit à un Boeuf_: _Je ne sai à qui je ressemble_, lui repondit le Courtisan; _mais je sai que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous representer en plusieurs Occasions._ 70 A Courtier taking his leave of the King, who sent him upon an Embassy to another Prince: _The chief Instruction I have to give you_, said the King to him, _is that your Conduct be entirely opposite to that of your Predecessor_: _Sir_, reply’d the Ambassador, _I will so behave my self that your Majesty will have no occasion to give the like Instruction to him who shall succeed me_, 70 Un Homme de la Cour prenant congé du Roy, qui l’envoyoit en Ambassade vers un autre Prince: _La principale Instruction que j’ai à vous donner_, lui dit le Roy, _est que vous observiez une conduite toute opposée à celle de vôtre Predecesseur._ _Sire_, lui repartit l’Ambassadeur, _je vai faire en sorte que vôtre Majesté ne donne pas une pareille Instruction à celui que me succedera._ 71 A Domestick of King _Henry_ the _Great_, and a Confident of his Amours, obtain’d a Grant of him, and went to the Chancellour to make it pass the Seals. The Chancellour finding some difficulty in it, the Courtier press’d him and offer’d to prove, that there could be no difficulty in the Case. _Every one_, said the Chancellour, _must meddle with his own Trade._ _My Trade_, reply’d the Courtier, who thought himself reflected upon about the confidence of his Masters Amours, _is so good an Employment, that, were the King but twenty Years younger, I would not change it for Four such as yours_. 71 Un Domestique du Roy _Henry_ le _Grand_, qui étoit confident du ses Amours, en obtint quelque grace, & alla voir le Chancelier pour en avoir l’expedition. Le Chancelier y trouvant de la difficulté, le Courtisan le pressoit, & vouloit lui prouver qu’il n’y en devoit pas avoir: _il faut_, lui dit le Chancelier, _que chacun se mêle de son mètier_. _Mon Metier_, lui repondit le Courtisan, qui crut qu’il lui reprochoit la Confidence de Son Maîtres, _est un si bon Employ, que si le Roy avoit vingt ans de moins, jè nê le changerois pas pour quatre comme le vôtre_. 72 A Man whose Head was full of a Stage-Play of his own making, was explaining the Plot and Design of it to a Courtier: _The Scene_, said he to him, _is in_ Cappadocia, _and to judge rightly of the Play, a man must transport himself into the Country, and get acquainted with the Genius of the People._ _You say right_, answer’d the Courtier, _and I think it were best to have it acted there_. 72