Il faut plaire à un souverain, homme de sens et d’esprit sans doute, mais qui, depuis qu’il est monté sur un trône absolu, semble avoir perdu la tête et montre, par exemple, des soupçons dignes d’une femmelette.
He has to please a Sovereign, a man of sense and intelligence, no doubt, but a man who, since his accession to an absolute throne, seems to have lost his head altogether and shews, for instance, suspicions worthy of an old woman.