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These few verses from a man named La Fontaine, tells the difficulties of a man with an cart stuck in the mud , give an idea of the problems of circulation at the epoch in the region of Quimper:
Le bonhomme était loin
The man was far
De tout humain secours. C'était à la campagne
Any human help. It was in the countryside
Près d'un certain canton de Basse-Bretagne
Near a certain canton in Low-Brittany
Appelé Quimper-Corentin.
Called Quimper-Corentin
On sait assez que le destin
One knows that the fate
Adresse là les gens quand il veut qu'on enrage...
Brings people there when it wants them to be in rage....
Dieu nous préserve du voyage !
God preserves us from such a travel!
Yes, Quimper deserves itself !