Excerpt from Le B'lier Un autre 'crivain ach'vera la pr'sentation en nous montrant en action sous sa premi're figure, dans le v'tement de sa martiale jeunesse, c'est- dire arm' de pied en cap, le bufi'le au dos et l''p'e la main, le chevalier des nobles aventures qui ne devait se r'signer qu'en exil et faute de mieux n ''tre qu' un courtisan et un h'ros de bel esprit comme on le disait de son ami Saint - vremond. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.