Hong Kong.
_"Quid facies," &c._ (Vol. viii., p. 539.).--
"BIERVE, _N. Maréchal_, _Marquis de_, a Frenchman well known for his
ready wit and great facetiousness. He wrote two plays of considerable
merit, _Les Réputations_ and _Le Séducteur_. He died at Spa, 1789, aged
42. He is author of the distich on courtezans:
'Quid facies, facies Veneris cum veneris ante?
Ne sedeas! sed eas, ne pereas per eas.'"
--Lemprière's _Universal Biography_, abridged from the larger work, London,
1808.