Vulgar words in A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 (Page 1)
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Three contemporaries, Sully, La Force, and the bastard of Angouleme, bear witness that Henry IV.
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The soldier was harassed and knocked up.
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On the 6th of August, there was found written with charcoal, on the gate of St. Anthony, the following eight lines:-- "Some folks, for Holy League bear more Than the prodigal son in the Bible bore; For he, together with his swine, On bean, and root, and husk would dine; Whilst they, unable to procure Such dainty morsels, must endure Between their skinny lips to pass Offal and tripe of horse or ass."
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Henry replied,-- "My friend, you are an ass to employ so much delay and import so many difficulties and manoeuvres into a business the conclusion of which is of so great importance to me for the establishment of my authority and the relief of my people.