After the brilliant failure of his first theatrical venture, he dared not return to the lodging which he occupied in the Rue Grenier−sur−l'Eau, opposite to the Port−au−Foin, having depended upon receiving from monsieur the provost for his epithalamium, the wherewithal to pay Master Guillaume Doulx−Sire, farmer of the taxes on cloven−footed animals in Paris, the rent which he owed him, that is to say, twelve sols parisian; twelve times the value of all that he possessed in the world, including his trunk−hose, his shirt, and his cap.
Après l’éclatant avortement de son coup d’essai théâtral, il n’osait rentrer dans le logis qu’il occupait, rue Grenier-sur-l’Eau, vis-à-vis le Port-au-Foin, ayant compté sur ce que M. le prévôt devait lui donner de son épithalame pour payer à maître Guillaume Doulx-Sire, fermier de la coutume du pied-fourché de Paris, les six mois de loyer qu’il lui devait, c’est-à-dire douze sols parisis ; douze fois la valeur de ce qu’il possédait au monde, y compris son haut-de-chausses, sa chemise et son bicoquet.