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| nho mais do que dizer ao caseiro : — | against you, even the mutton. How |
| «Visinho, tome o seu borrego.» | repply the countriman, ihe mutto, |
| wiil find in that part? l am very glad | |
| of that; then the restituition shall be | |
| easy, since i shall not have lo tell to | |
| the farmer : Neighbour take you | |
| mutton again. | |
| O poeta Scarron, pouco antes de mor- | The Scarron poet, being almost to |
| rer, disse a seus criados, que se debulha- | die, told their servants, which were |
| vão em lagrymas junto ao seu leito: | weepig a bout a from her bed: «My |
| — «Meus fillhos, vós não chorareis tanto | children, you have sheded too many |
| como eu vos fiz rir.» | tears, you not shall veep as much as |
| i had done to laugh. » | |
| Certo farroupilha pedindo, em Madrid, | A beggar, to Madrid, had sotice- |
| esmola a um sujeito, este respondeu- | ted the pity of a passenger. «You are |
| Ihe: — «Tu és môço, e melhor fôra tra- | young and strong, told him that |
| balhasses, que exercer tão vergonhoso | man; it would be better to work as |
| mister.» —«Meu senhor, acudio o orgu- | you deliver to the business who you |
| lhoso mendigo; eu peço-Ihe dinheiro, | do. —It is money as i beg you reply |
| não lhe peço conselhos. | ply immediately the proud beggan |
| and not councils.» | |
| Certo astrólogo havendo predicto a | A astrologer having predicted the |
| morte d'uma senhora, que Luis XI | death from a woman who Lewis XI |
| amava, e o acaso tendo justificado esse | was liked, and the havard having issue |
| vaticínio , el-rei mandou chamar o as- | lifted her grediction, the king made |
| trologo: — «Ora tu que prevês tudo, | come the astrologer: «Thy self what |
| disse-lhe, quando morrerás?» Avisado | foresce all, told him when thou shall |
| ou suspeitoso o astrólogo de que esse | die? The astrologer warned, or suspect- |
