
Comminus quò minus.
How much the lesser, so much the nearer
Un Lacedemonien,[1] taxé d’aucuns, qui pour lui voir
porter en Devise une seule Mouche en son Bouclier, non
plus grande que le naturel, lui disoient que c’estoit en
sine de se vouloir musser, & creinte d’estre vù: vint à
leur respondre en cette maniere, Mais bien pour me
montrer aparoissant: car je m’aproche si pres des enne-
mis, qu’ils peuvent voir evidemment, que c’est que tel-
le merque & sine.
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