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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52003	Entertainments of the cours: or, Academical conversations. Held upon the cours at Paris, by a cabal of the principal wits of that court. / Compiled by that eminent and now celebrated author, Monsieur de Marmet, Lord of Valcroissant. And rendered into English by Thomas Saintserf, Gent.; Entretiens du cours. English	Marmet, Melchior de, seigneur de Valcroissant.; St. Serfe, Thomas, Sir, fl. 1668.	1658 (1658)	Wing M701; ESTC R202859	101,018	264

ENTERTAINMENTS OF THE COURS OR ACADEMICAL CONVERSATIONS Held upon the Cours at Paris by a Cabal of the Principal Wits of that Court. Compiled by that eminent and now celebrated Author Monsieur de Marmet Lord of Valcroissant And Rendered into English by Thomas Saintserf Gent. LONDON Printed by T. C. and are to be sold at the three Pigeons in St. Paul's Church-yard 165 8. ENTERTIENMENTS of the COVRS at PARIS TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE JAMES Marquess of Montrose Earl of Kincairn and Lord Mugdock My Lord THe World will perceive how hasty I am to throw my self at your Lordships feet by this poor Dedication for rather than bring no Offering I have fetcht a small Present from France to pass through England to arrive at the happiness of your Lordships Patronage I confess my Author inscrib'd it To the Wits and I do so too in sending it to Your Lordship whose large Soul is so brimful of knowledge that the measure is admired when compared with Your years But our thoughts are answerd as soon as we remember that immortal Hero Your glorious Father whose Spirit was so emminent for Speculation and Practice that his Camp was an Academy admirably replenished with Discourses of the best and deepest Sciences whose several Parts were strongly held up under Him the Head by those knowing Noble Souls the Earls of Kinoul and Airly the Lords Gourdon Ogilvy Naper and Maderty and the two famous Spottswoods Sir Robert and his Nephew whose learned heads were too precious to be cut off by them who knew not how to understand them This I am bold to mention because such Noble Discourses banisht from his Quarters all obscene and scurrilous language with all those offensive satyrical Reflections which now are the only current Wit among us and if any such peep'd forth in his presence his severe looks told the speaker it was unwelcome Nor did this proceed from a narrownesse in his heart being to all who knew him one of the most Munificent as well as Magnificent Personages in the world which too well appear'd when Cities after Victories tender'd large sums to be freed from the present incumbrance of his Army He satisfied their desires but refused their Moneys still saying that he could not at once have their Hearts and their Purses his work was to vindicate his Masters rights and restore them to their wonted happinesse Nay his unexpressibly malicious Enemies found that his Mercy transcended their Malice when those brave Persons after Quarter given were butcher'd at St. Andrew's he refusd to retaliate on the Prisoners in his power saying their Barbarity was to Him no example and if the meanest Corporal in his Army should give Quarter to their General it should be strictly and religiously observd And after all when commanded to lay down Arms though he then saw it destructive to his Master he in meer Passive obedience submitted as soon as he obtained Indemnity for them who ingaged with him without paying one farthing Composition nobly suffering himself to be banished which be it recorded to all Posterity was put in execution at the Haven of Montrose the Third day of September a day which twice since hath been registred in bloud at Dunbar and at Worcester All this might seem Flattery to your Lordship from me who had the honour of employment under his Command both at home and abroad if it were not known to the world for Truth since the Soul of the Great MONTROSE lives eminently in His SON which began early to shew its vigour when your Lordship then not full twelve years old was close Prisoner in Edinborough-Castle from whence you nobly refus'd to be exchanged lest you cost your great Father the benefit of a Prisoner wherein He gladly met Your Resolution Both so conspiring to this glorious Action that neither out-did the other though all the world besides May both Your Names still live to fill Chronicles whereof we dare not doubt since your hopeful alliance by your incomparable Lady to the illustrious Family of the renowned DOUGLASSES for whose Honour here and Felicity hereafter may Your Lordship accept the Duty and God hear the Prayers of My Lord Your Lordships most obedient and most devoted humble Servant THOMAS SAINTSERF A short Table of the Subjects handled in this Book 1. HE maintains the honour of Ladies page 4. 2. Of the Country p. 8. 3. Of Sympathy p. 10. 4. Of Habits or Habitudes in all their parts p. 13. 5. Of Quarrels and Duels p. 25. 6. Of the Palm and the Laurel p. 33. 7. Of Glory the sole reward of Champions and Conquerers p. 35. 8. Of Sea-sickness p. 42. 9. Of the Turks maxim p. 47. 10. Of Clemency p. 52. 11. The Relation of a Comedy of the Days Reign of Semiramis p. 61 12. An Invertive against an able Poet p. 76. 13. For the Country p. 85. 14. Of Eloquence and the delicate parts thereof p. 83. 15. An Apology for Monsieur de Balzac p. 94. 16. of the distinction of Wits p. 100. 17. Of Metoposcopy p. 118. 18. Of the infallibility of the Horoscopes p. 120. 19. Whence comes the folly of learned men p. 127. 20. Whether the World be Eternal or no p. 131. 21. Of Academies and the differences thereof p. 138. 22. Of the posture men ought to be in at Court p. 151. 23 Of Balls and Masques p. 177 I Humbly desire my worthy Readers out of their induigence to my necessary absence from the Press and the Correctors praeteritions to mend these following errors which as they are many so are they I hope the grossest in the Book by reading Anthonomasies for Anchonomasies page 21. as indifferent for an indifferent p. 24. no where for no more p. 31. Cacozelous for Carozelous p. 34. Of the Preface and of the Work Intrigo for Intrique Intrigo for Intrique Page 2. Cleomica for Cleomia p. 6. his time for time p 9. Intrigos for Intriques p. 9. reiterated for resiterated p. 12. any for my p. 15. all Councel for all the Councel p. 28. nicenes for nicens p. 29. my modesty for modesty p. 32. in some kind for in some sort p. 39. Universe for Divers p. 40. Helm Helmet p. 44. Top-Mast for Top p. 44. Insolvent for Insolvable p. 45. gold for good p. 52. a Barbarian for Barbarians p. 54. vertue for vertues p. 57. sufficient for sufficiently p. 57. in assiduity for his assiduity p. 60. Semiramis for Smn ramis p. 73. as for at p. 66. Intrigo for Intrique p. 66. then it would for the it would p. 67. reduc't for deduc't p. 70. in the Communions for in Communions p. 70. those for these p. 72. a most for most a p. 77. Philoxcnes for Philonenes p. 78. Mines for Mimes p. 78. his talent for this talent p. 81. Nominizing for Nounnizing p. 83. affectations for affections p. 84. That is for That in p. 86. Clarity for Charity p. 89. I would not have refused the Challenge for I would Challenge p. 100. blinded