[ Page 39 ]
Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
[ Page 39 ]
|
then enter the Mathematicians, engineers & inventors of new arcifices: who discourse & demonstrate by figures their various conceptions for the space of an hour, which finished, his Majesty goes into a large room, with some of the Council, to give audience to those who would like to speak to him, & to receive their packets, which are always given before anyone begins to speak. That done, if there is a council, he leaves; otherwise he retires to his room, to read, play, or pass the time as he pleases In the evening, about 3 o'clock, he returns to do the same exercise as in the morning; on his return he visits the port & the Arsenal speaking to the merchants who have come from strange lands to learn some news of the neighboring countries. Other times he goes to visit the good artisans; sometimes he wanders about the sea along the roadsteads & shores. When five o'clock strikes, he goes off to a rather light supper, & if it's summer he returns to the Academy to watch vigorous games,[1] running across ditches, jumping the garter,[2] dancing & such other exercises of youth. When night falls, he is exhorted, C 4 |
|
1. The translation of the term "la basse forcée" is unknown.
2. "Jump to the garter, is undoubtedly what is called playing with the rope. Speaking of Henry IV: When military exploits and employments and the troubles of state affairs left him the "leisure were violent and laborious exercises such as jumping..... at the garter, butting, running, playing at the bars, swimming, dancing. (Memoirs of Sully, t. XII, p. 288.)" The precedingwas taken from, Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois ou glossaire de la langue françoise depuis son origine jusqu'au siècle de Louis XIV;..., vol. 7; by Jean-Baptiste de LaCurne de Sainte-Palaye (1880). |