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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50811	Delight and pastime, or, Pleasant diversion for both sexes consisting of good history and morality, witty jests, smart repartees, and pleasant fancies, free from obscene and prophane expressions, too frequent in other works of this kind, whereby the age is corrupted in a great measure, and youth inflamed to loose and wanton thoughts : this collection may serve to frame their minds to such flashes of wit as may be agreeable to civil and genteel conversation / by G.M.	Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?	1697 (1697)	Wing M2008; ESTC R42126	47,689	172

his Youthful Days he had committed such Actions You were not answered he born a King's Son as I am Thou shalt never be a King's Father replied the Tyrant And so it proved in effect For young Dionysius being expelled from Syracusa became of a King a Schoolmaster in the City of Corinth XII Then it was that Diogenes seeing him in that Station began to sigh before him Upon which young Dionysius spake to him in these Words Be not troubled Diogenes at my Misfortunes 't is the Fate of humane Affairs That is not answered the Cynick the Thing which troubles me for I am vexed to see thee still happier than thou deservest XIII Memorable is HANNIBAL's Answer to King ANTIOCHVS Who having set forth unto him the Magnificence of his Army asked him whether he thought it would be sufficient for the Romans No doubt of it answered Hannibal were the Romans never so Covetous Meaning that it was sufficient to make 'em rich with the Spoils but not to overcome them XIV 'T is said of JVLIVS CAESAR that having took Shipping at Brundusium in Italy in Pursuit of Pompey and a Storm arising which frighted his Pilot from setting Sail he undauntedly cried out to the Pilot Caesarem vehis Fortunam ejus Remember that thou carriest Caesar and his Fortune XV. WILLIAM RVFVS upon the like Occasion shewed his greatness of Courage much after the same manner Who going to take Ship for Normandy in order to Relieve Coutancaes then straitly besieged by the French the Wind then proving contrary and boysterous the Mariners told him it was not safe for him to take Sea But the King eager for the Relief of that Town and having no Time to lose bad them hoise up Sail in God's Name Was it ever heard says he that a King was drowned by Tempest XVI To this purpose was the Answer of CHARLES V. Emperor and King of Spain at the Battel of Tunis Who being advised by the Marquess of Guasto to secure his Person when the great Ordnance began to play Marquess said he did you ever hear that an Emperor was slain with a great Shot XVII JVLIVS CAESAR being gone to Conquer Africk hapned to fall off his Horse 'T is a good Omen says he that I find Africk under me This is not a Fall but Taking of Possession XVIII Much to the same purpose was that Saying of an Officer of WILLIAM the Conquerour whose Foot upon his Landing in England chanced to slip so that he fell into the Mud and bemired all his hands over Which Accident being lookt upon by the said Officer as a lucky Presage Now said he to the Duke thou hast taken Possession and holdest of the Land in thy band whereof thou shalt be shortly King XIX A young Grecian favoured very much AVGVSTVS who inquiring into the Cause of so great Resemblance asked the Young Man whether his Mother had ever been at Rome No answered the Young Man but my Father has several times Thus by an apparent Simplicity which sheltered his Boldness from the Emperor's Anger he made him sensible by his own Argument that the Resemblance proceeded rather from the Wantonness of the Emperor's Mother than his own Mother's XX. The Trojans having sent Deputies to Compliment AVGVSTVS upon account of a Palm-tree that grew on an Altar they had erected unto him told him it was a certain Presage of the Conquests he should make To me answered Augustus 't is rather an Argument how little Fire you Kindle upon the Altar to consume the Victims Apparet quàm saepe accendatis XXI Admirable is that saying of a wise Roman upon the Death of AVGVSTVS 'T were says he to be wished that either Augustus had never been born or that he had never died By which few Words he gave a just Idea of the whole Life of that Prince The Beginning of whose Reign was full of Violence and Cruelty whereas the Progress and Conclusion of it was attended with all the Blessings of Justice Clemency and Moderation XXII When the Trojans sent Embassadors to TIBERIVS to condole the Death of his Father-in-Law Augustus it was so long after Augustus his Death that Tiberius thought it proper to fit them with this Return And I am says he sorry that you have lost so valiant a Knight as Hector who was slain above a thousand Years before XXIII SIGISMVND the Emperor being told by one of his Courtiers that he wondered at his Maxim of obliging his Enemies and putting them in a Condition to hurt him when it was in his Power to take away their Lives Do not I says he sufficiently stay 'em when by my Benefits I make them of my Foes my Friends XXIV LEWIS XII King of France when he was Duke of Orleans had been very much disobliged in the foregoing Reigns by two Persons then in great Favour at Court When he came to the Crown a Confident of his did his utmost to induce him into a Resentment By no means answered King Lewis 't is below a King of France to revenge the Wrong done to the Duke of Orleans XXV No less memorable is the generous Answer of JOHN II Duke of Bourbon who was an Hostage in England for King John of France Whilst he was here several of his Subjects taking an advantage of his Absence caballed against him and invaded his Rights One of his Officers took an exact Account of it in writing which he presented to the Duke upon his Return in order to bring the Offenders under the Lash of the Law The Duke asked him whether he had took an Account of the good Service they had done him formerly That I have not said the Officer Then said the Duke it is not just I should make any Vse of this and so threw it into the Fire without any further notice XXVI HENRY IV of France walking one Day was followed by the Duke of Mayenne a burly fat Man and consequently a bad Walker who had contended with Henry for the Crown And now the King took pleasure in tiring of him But after the Walking was over Now Cousin said the King to him I am satisfy'd and you may assure your self I shall take no further Revenge XXVII LEWIS XIII Son and Successor of the foresaid Henry being addressed unto by a Deputation from his Protestant Subjects for the Continuation of their Privileges according to the Edicts of his Predecessors Henry III and Henry IV the King made them this Answer You had says he those Privileges granted you by Henry III who feared you and you had them confirmed by my Father who loved you but for my Part I neither love nor fear you XXVIII The late Prince of Condé making his first Visit to LEWIS XIV after the Battel of Seneffe the King stood at the Top of the Stairs whilst the Prince was getting up but slowly having the Gout upon him Which made him say to the King from the middle of the Stair-case Sir I beg your Majesty's Pardon if I make you stay

for my Shoulders as this Head of mine STATESMEN AND COVRTIERS I. NOLI videri sapiens coram Principe is a Lesson of wise Solomon which puts me in mind of a Portugueze Statesman Whose Prince the King of Portugal being about to send to the Pope commanded him to write a Letter whilst he wrote another in order to send that which he should like best of the two The Lot fell to the Statesman's Letter as the best penned Who therefore fled into Spain thinking himself not safe in Portugal upon the King's Opinion that he had outdone him II. When the Wars in Q. Elizabeth's Time were hot between England and Spain there were Commissioners on both Sides appointed to Treat of Peace Dr. Dale a Master of Requests was one named by the Queen for that purpose and the Place of Congress a Town of the French King's Where the Commissioners on both Sides being met it was first debated in what Tongue the Negotiation should be handled One of the Spanish Commissioners thinking to give ours a shrewd Gird proposed the French Tongue wherein they were best skilled as most fit And for these Gentlemen of England I suppose says he they cannot be Ignorant of the Language of their Fellow-Subjects their Queen being Queen of France as well as of England Nay in faith my Masters replied Dr. Dale the French Tongue is too vulgar for a Business of this Secrecy and Importance especially in a French Town We will therefore rather treat in Hebrew the Language of Jerusalem whereof your Master is King and I suppose you are therein as well skilled as we in the French Tongue III. A Person of Quality going upon an Embassy had this particular Instruction from his Prince that his Conduct should be directly opposite to that of his Predecessor To which he answered Sir I shall so carry my self that your Majesty shan't need to give the like Instruction to any one that shall succeed me IV. Monsieur de Louvois being ready to set out in order to a Campagne and offering to tell what Place he was going for Don't tell us says Monsieur de Roquelaure where you go for we shall give no Credit to it V. A Lady speaking to a prime Minister of State about an Affair of Consequence and having no Answer from him Pray my Lord said she unto him shew me some Sign that you understand me VI. To a learned Man one may say Scire tuum Nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter thy Knowledg signifies nothing unless it be known to the World To a Statesman on the contrary one must say Si sciat hoc alter scire tuum nihil est thy Knowledg avails nothing unless it be private to thy self For the main part of his Learning is to know how to keep Counsel VII A Minister of the Emperor residing before the War at the Court of France walked one day with several Courtiers in the Gallery of Versailles Viewing some Pictures there that set forth the greatest Actions of the King We have also says he wherewithal to set out a great Gallery by the Emperor's Conquests 'T is true answered a Courtier and the Duke of Lorrain will have a great Share therein By which Answer he meant to insinuate that whereas the glorious Actions of King Lewis were performed by himself or at least in his Presence those of the Emperor were only performed by his Proxy the Duke of Lorrain and in the Emperor's Absence VIII An old French Courtier being grievously afflicted with the Gout received a Visit of a Prince of the Royal Blood of whose Party he had formerly been That which grieves me most of all says he to the Prince in the Condition I am in is that I have quitted your Service You ought not to grieve for that answered the Prince now you have the Honour to belong to the King 'T is true replied the Courtier but had I not quitted your Service I had been long since free from the Pain I now suffer Thus he cunningly taxed the Prince with forsaking of his Friends after he had involved them in a Rebellion for which they had been executed IX A Venetian Embassador going to the Court of Rome passed through Florence where he went to pay his Respects to the late Duke of Tuscany The Duke complaining to him of the Embassador the State of Venice had sent him as a Man unworthy of his Character Your Highness says he must not wonder at it for we have many idle Pates at Venice So we have reply'd the Duke in Florence but we don't send them abroad to treat of publick Affairs X. A Prince jeering one of his Courtiers whom he had employ'd in several Embassies told him he looked like an Ox. I know not answered he whom I am like unto but this I know that I have had the honour several times to Represent your Person A free and pleasant Repartee which required a great Familiarity betwixt the Subject and the Prince to be free from Censure IX A Roman having entertained at Dinner Mecenas Augustus his Favourite Mecenas fell entertaining of his Wife with amorous Caresses whilst her Husband made as if he had been asleep to give him the more liberty In the mean time spying one of his Slaves who was stealing of a golden Cup Thou Rogue says he dost not thou see that I sleep only for Mecenas XII A French Courtier admired for his courtly Carriage but especially for his Art in reviving a drooping Conversation seeing one day the Court-Ladies stand mute before the Queen amongst which was Madame de Guimené broke silence and addressing himself to the Queen Is not this Madam says he an odd Thing in Nature that Madame de Guimené and I being born on the same Day and at no further distance of Time than a quarter of an hour yet she should be so fair and I so black XIII The Duke of Orleans being in a hot Summer day in the Garden of Luxemburg between two Pavilions where the Reflexion of the Sun made the Heat excessive one of his Attendants took upon him to tell his R. H. that Princes loved no Body That can't be apply'd to me said the Duke who love my Friends very well If Your Higness said another do's not love 'em boyled you love 'em however well rosted XIV The Dauphin the Prince of Conty and the young Admiral of France the Count of Vermandois with several other Persons of great Quality walking one Day along the Canal of Versailles one came to the young Admiral And there being upon the Canal a Boat within reach Now my Lord Admiral says he take upon you the Command of this Vessel and make a Trial of Skill But whilst he excused himself upon his Want of Experience a Gentleman stepping amongst them brought off the Admiral saying That he was not a fresh-Water Admiral XV. Henry IV of France being come to Rouen a President who came to harang him fell short of his Speech and could