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A History of Champagne, with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France

Note 473 — PART II. (continued 3)

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‘Notre bon roi, le grand Henry, En régaloit sa belle hôtesse, Quand il couchoit à Damery, Notre bon roi, le grand Henry, C’étoit-là son jus favori; Et son pain, celui de Gonesse, Notre bon roi, le grand Henry, En régaloit sa belle hôtesse.’

Published in the Mercure of January 1728. Henry was accustomed to speak of the Présidente as his ‘belle hôtesse.’

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