6o TRAVELS through 



The fon of this Sun was quite ftruck with her 

 difcourfe •, he was moved by it to tears, and 

 heard thefe remonflirances with the ufual tran- 

 quility of an American, and with the refpedl 

 due to a princefs •, he afterwards anfwercd her 

 to the following purport, " Thy reproaches are 

 *' arrows which pierce my breaft, and I do not 

 " think I ever fcorned or defpifed thee -, but haft 

 ^* thou ever heard it faid, that the refolves of 

 ** the council of the old men may be revealed ? 

 *' Is it not the duty of all men to keep fecrets, 

 ^ and I who an> a fovereign ought not I to fet 

 " an example ? The great Sun my wife has 

 " not been informed of the fccret any more than 

 " thyfelf. Though it is known that I am a 

 " Frenchman's fon, I have not been miftrufled ; 

 *' they have well imagined, that thy great ge- 

 " nius would find out the fecret of the council •, 

 " but when it was kept from the great Sun my 

 " wife, was it fit that thou fhouldft be informed 

 *'■ of it ? But fmce thou haft gueffed it all, 

 " what can I tell thee further ? Thou knoweft 

 ** as much of it as myfelf, fo fhut thy mouth.'* 



" I was dubious,'* faid flie, " about whom 

 ** you were taking fo many precautions ; but 

 ** fmce it is againft the French, I fear you have 

 *' not taken your meafures well to furprife 

 ** them : for I know they have a great deal of 



*' fcnfe. 



