Si Votre Excellence daignait mettre un peu de douceur et de ménagement dans sa façon de parler au prince de ce morveux qu’on a coffré, on pourrait peut-être ériger en duché la terre que lui offrirait la reconnaissance nationale.
If Your Excellency would deign to introduce a little gentleness and tact into his manner in speaking to the Prince of this youngster they've locked up, a Duchy might perhaps be created out of the lands which the nation's gratitude would offer him.