During the battle for La Rochelle, the ship of the Duke of Guise caught fire. La Rochefoucault approached to inform him: “Sir, everything is lost!”
Charles de Lorraine, fourth duke of Guise
The Duke immediately turned to the pilot and commanded: “Turn the ship around. There’s no difference if we go cooked or roasted.”
Edmond Guérard, Dictionnaire encyclopédique d’anecdotes (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1872), Vol. II, p. 105. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 9
