What would you say and what would become of your office if I were a king like Chilperic, whose gesture consisted in holding his beard in one hand? Come, gossip mine, fulfil your office, shave me.
Que dirais-tu donc, et que deviendrait ta charge si j’étais un roi comme le roi Chilpéric qui avait pour geste de tenir sa barbe d’une main ? – Allons, mon compère, vaque à ton office, rase-moi.