SINCERE ADVICE.

While Louis XIV. was besieging Lisle, the Spanish governor very

handsomely sent him, from the town, every day, fresh ice for the use of

his table. M. de Charost, a favourite of the king, happening to be near

him when one of these presents arrived, said to the messenger, with a

loud voice, “Do you be sure to tell M. de Brouai, your governor, that I

advise him not to give up his town like a coward, as the commandant of

Douai has done.” “Are you mad, Charost?” said the king, turning to him

angrily. “No, sir,” said Charost, “but you must excuse me. The comte de

Brouai is my near relation.”