...Henri IV of France wisecracked that there were three things that nobody believed: that Archduke Albert was a good general, that he (Henri) was a good Catholic and the Queen of England was a virgin..." E.J. Burford, The Orrible Synne, Calders & Bayers, London, 1973, Ch. 13, p. 166.

King Henry IV of France

Je veux que les paysans mettent la poule au pot tous les dimanche... by King Henry IV of France

Je veux que les paysans mettent la poule au pot tous les dimanches.

King Henry IV of France

Fr., I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

King Henry IV of France

paris is worth a mass. by King Henry IV of France

paris is worth a mass.

King Henry IV of France

Si Dieu me prête vie, je ferai qu'il n'y aura point de laboureur en mon royaume qui n'ait les moyens d'avoir le dimanche une poule dans son pot.

King Henry IV of France