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Il n'est point tant de barques à Venize, D'huystres à Bourg, de festuz en Champagne, De differentz aux peuples d'Allemagne, De cygnes blancz au long de la Tamise ; Ne tant d'amours se traictent en l'eglise, Ne tant de veaux se treuvent en Bretagne, Ne tant de gloire en un signor d'Espagne, Ny en la Court tant y a de faintise ; N'en ces Anglois a tant de cornardise, Ne de pardons à Rome un jour de feste, Ny d'usuriers en toute Lombardie ; Ny de travaulx à vaincre femme honneste, Ne dans Auvergne animaulx d'Arcadie, Que vous avez de lunes en la teste.
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There are not so many boats in Venice, Oysters at Borg, festivals in Champagne, Variations in the people of Germany, White swans along the Thames ; They don’t talk of love so often in church, There aren’t so many calves in Brittany, So much self-glory in a Spanish señor, So much pretension at Court; The English have not so much trickery, Nor a feast-day in Rome so many pardons, Nor are there so many money-lenders in Lombardy; Not so much work to overcome an honest woman, Nor so many Arcadian animals in the Auvergne, As you have moons in your head1.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
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