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»« not fed thee with my pureft blood ? Does not 

 *« the fame blood run in our veins ? Couldft 

 " thou be a Sun if thou wert not my fon ? Haft 

 ^' thou forgotten, that, without my care, thou 

 ?' wouldft have been dead long ago ? Every 

 "-' body, and I myfelf have told thee, that thou 

 " art the fon of a Frenchman * •, but my own 

 *' blood is dearer to me than that of ftrangers. 

 ^' I now walk by thy fide like a bitch, without 

 *' being looked upon ; I wonder that thou doft 

 " not kick me away with thy foot : I am not fur- 

 ^' prifed that the others hide themfelves from 

 " me •, but thou, who art my fon, canft thou 

 ^' do it ? Haft thou ever feen a fon miftruft his 

 " mother in our nation ? Thou art the only 

 « one of that temper. There is fuch an uproar 

 " in the nation, and I am ignorant of the caufe 

 " of it, I who am the old Sun •, art thou 

 *' afraid that I fhould rebuke thee, or make thee 

 «« the Have of the French, againft whom you 

 " acl ? Oil am tired of this contempt, and 

 *•' of walking with fuch ungrateful people." 



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* This piincefs had, for a long time, loved an officer of 

 our nation ; there was no doubt of his being the father of 

 the great Sun, and that took oit nothing of the refped that 

 his fubjeas owed him; the women gave nobility among 

 them, and they were contented if they were fure of a man's 

 mother, they cared very little to know who was his father. 



