WON BY WIT.
In the reign of Francis I. of France, quickness of wit was often more promptly rewarded than actual merit. The monk, Regnier Mainus did not lack merit, but he owed his first advancement, nevertheless, to a clever retort. ! ■fljancis, who was very fond of the game of tennis, was playing a match one day with Mainus. The monk finally ended the hard-fought game with a ; brilliant stroke. I The King was somewhat out of humour on account of bis defeat. "Remarkable," he exclaimed, sarcastically "to think that such ;i stroke should be made by a mere monk!" "But, sire," replied the monk, who was as quick with his wit as he was 'with his racket, "it is Your Majesty's iown fault that the stroke was not made, (by an abbot." 1 A week later Mainus received his ap, pointment as abbot of Beaulieu.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 454, 4 March 1919, Page 3
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146WON BY WIT. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 454, 4 March 1919, Page 3
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