When one is of the court, one should not dream of the courtyard.

Bossuet, it may be remembered, was nearly as scandalized as Louis XIV.
IV.
The commerce in children in the 17th century, as we have explained, was connected with a trade.

The Comprachicos engaged in the commerce, and carried on the trade.

They bought children, worked a little on the raw material, and resold them afterwards.
The venders were of all kinds: from the wretched father, getting rid of his family, to the master, utilizing his stud of slaves.

The sale of men was a simple matter.