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You come near the sex, see, and conquer—my boy!
You're the luckiest of mortals! Jump, marquis, for joy!

— Jean-François Regnard Le Joueur (1696)

Près du sexe tu vins, tu vis, et tu vainquis:
Que ton sort est heureux! Allons, saute Marquis!

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act 4, sc. 10 — The Marquis (tr. King, 1904)

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