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Knave of clubs being faced uppermoft. The Doctor coming up to his chamber, fufpecting nothing of what had been done, put up the box as formerly. The next day going to the water fide, wind and weather ferving him, he failed to Ireland, and landed on the 7th of October, 1550, at Dublin. Then coming to the Castle, the Lord Fitz Walter, being Lord Deputy, fent for him to come before him and the Privy-Council: he, coming in, after he had made a speech upon what account he came over, presented the box to the Lord-Deputy, who caufing it to be opened, that the secretary might read the commiffion, found nothing but a pack of cards, with the knave of clubs uppermoft, which not only startled the Lord Deputy and Council, but the Doctor, who affured them he had a commiffion, but knew not how it was gone. Then the Lord-Deputy made answer, 'Let us have another commiffion, and we fhall fhuffle the cards in the mean while! The Doctor being troubled in his mind, went away, and returned to England; and coming to the Court obtained another commiffion: but staying for a wind at the water's fide, news came to him that the Queen was dead. Queen Eliza beth was fo delighted with this ftory, which was related to her by Lord Fitz Walter, on his return

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to England, that fhe fent for Elizabeth Edmonds, and gave her a penfion of forty Pounds a year during her life.

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OUIS IVth. however reprehenfible for the fatal confequences of his mad ambition, united with the most diftinguished urbanity of manners a confiderable fhare of real good nature. The following anecdote affords a ftriking inftance of a polifhed and humane mind: This monarch was one day entertaining a felect party of courtiers with the relations of a circumstance which he had announced as extremely laughable, but on the entrance of Prince Armagnac, he fuppreffed a fine repartee, which conftituted the merit of the ftory. The whole circle felt themfelves difappointed, which was feldom the cafe when his Majefty promifed them entertainment, and were. therefore furprised. The King obferved it, but faid nothing till the Prince departed. "Now Gentlemen I'll make you laugh," faid he, and accordingly gave them the anecdote unmutilated, which produced in a high degree the promifed effect. "You see, fubjoined Louis, "there was

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an oblique ftroke that would have affected the Prince, and I fuppreffed it to prevent his being embarrassed; for I would rather lofe the reputation of the best bon mot, that ever was uttered, than give a moment's pain to any individual. An example worthy the imitation of all who afpire to the character of really fine gentlemen.

A ROYAL BON MOT.

ACERTAIN captain, remakable for his unc:m

mon height, being one day in the rooms at Bath, the Princefs Amelia faw him, and was furprized with the fingularity: Upon enquiry fhe was told his name and family, and that he had been originally intended for the church. "Rather for the fteeple," replied the royal humourift with her ufual complacency.

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BON MOT of Mr. MINGAY.

N a late trial in the Court of King's Bench, in which it appeared, among other laughable circumstances, that pork chops had been offered to a Jew. Garrow, who held the junior brief on

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the oppofite fide, was very ftrenuous for the jury to give only a fhilling damages, and afferted, that twelve-pence was enough for pork chops. It may be, returned the facetious Mingay, for your chops, but mine cannot wag for fuch a trifle.

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thor of a voluminous treatife on the civil Law, was promoted to the office of a judge of the Provincial Court of Clermont, in the territory of Auvergne, in the South of France, in which he prefided, with the public applaufe, for twenty-four years. One day a poor widow brought an action of process against the Baron de Nairac, her landlord, for turning her out of poffeffion of a mill which was her whole dependence. Mr. Domat heard the caufe, and finding by the cleareft evidence that she had ignorantly broke a covenant in the leafe, which gave a power of re-entry, he recommended mercy to the Baron for a poor honest tenant, who had not wilfully tranfgreffed, or done

him any material injury. But Nairac being inexorable, the judge pronounced a sentence of expulfion from the farm with the damages mentioned in the lease, and the cofts of the fuit. In delivering his confcience, Mr. Domat wiped his eyes, from which tears of compaffion began plentifully to flow. When an order of seizure both of person and effects was decreed, the poor widow exclaimed, "O juft and righteous God! be thou a father to the widow and her helpless orphans!" and immediately fainted away. The compaffionate Judge affifted in raifing the miferable woman, and after enquiring into her character, number of children, and other circumftances, generously prefented her with 100 louis-d'ors the amount of her damages and cofts, which he prevailed with the Baron to accept as a full recompence, and the widow again entered on her farm. "O! my Lord, faid the poor woman, "when will you demand payment, that I may lay up for that purpose?"-When my confcience," replied Domat, "fhall tell me I have done an improper act.

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