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In Queen Elizabeth's time, when the Wars were hot betwixt England and Spain, a negotiation was resolv'd upon to treat of Peace between these two Crowns, in order to which Commissioners were appointed on both sides. They met at a Town of the
The wise and ingenious companion, French and English, or, A collection of the wit of the illustrious persons, both ancient and modern containing their wise sayings, noble sentiments, witty repartees, jests and pleasant stories : calculated for the improvement and pleasure of the English and foreigners / by Mr. Boyer ...
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- The wise and ingenious companion, French and English, or, A collection of the wit of the illustrious persons, both ancient and modern containing their wise sayings, noble sentiments, witty repartees, jests and pleasant stories : calculated for the improvement and pleasure of the English and foreigners / by Mr. Boyer ...
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- Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.
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"The wise and ingenious companion, French and English, or, A collection of the wit of the illustrious persons, both ancient and modern containing their wise sayings, noble sentiments, witty repartees, jests and pleasant stories : calculated for the improvement and pleasure of the English and foreigners / by Mr. Boyer ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28932.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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French King's. And first it was debated in what Tongue the Negotion should be handled. A Spaniard thinking to give the English Commissioners a shrewd gird, propos'd the French Tongue as most fit, it being a Language the Spaniards were well Skill'd in, and for the Gentlemen of England, I suppose, says he, that they cannot be ignorant of the Language of their Fel∣low Subjects, since their Queen is Queen of France as well as of England. Nay, in Faith, my Masters, re∣plied Dr. Dale one of the English Commissioners, the French Tongue is too vulgar for a business of this Secrecy and importance, especially in a French Town; Let us therefore rather treat in Hebrew, the Lan∣guage of Jerusalem, whereof your Master is King; and I suppose you are therein as well skill'd as we in the French.