Tres Suffisant

was reading an English version of the Apology for Raymond Sebond, and came across the wonderful phrase:

Be this as it may, and whoever was the author and inventor (and ’tis not reasonable, without greater occasion, to deprive Sebonde of that title), he was a man of great sufficiency and most admirable parts.

great sufficiency and most admirable parts! I must know what he wrote– this version on gutenberg contains both an original text and a translation to modern French, which latter I consulted first, and was disappointed to find the much less novel

assurément un homme très capable qui a produit de très belles pages.

But then! Going to the actual original text,

c’estoit vn tres-suffisant homme, et ayant plusieurs belles parties.

That’s what I like in a man!