« L’archevêque avait ce soir l’audience que Son Altesse Sérénissime lui accorde tous les jeudis ; le prince vient de me raconter que l’archevêque, d’un air tout troublé, a débuté par un discours appris par cœur et fort savant, auquel d’abord le prince ne comprenait rien.
"The Archbishop had this evening the audience which His Serene Highness grants him every Thursday; the Prince has just been telling me that the Archbishop, who seemed greatly troubled, began with a set speech, learned by heart, and extremely clever, of which at first the Prince could understand nothing at all.