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1631._o to_z mounsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr sainte_n marte_fw-la letter_n xvii_o sir_n i_o be_o pay_v for_o my_o pain_n before_o hand_n and_o look_v for_o no_o great_a recompense_n than_o you_o have_v already_o make_v i_o my_o ambition_n shall_v be_v very_o excessive_a if_o it_o be_v not_o full_o satisfy_v with_o your_o excellent_a verse_n and_o if_o i_o do_v not_o think_v myself_o happy_a to_o be_v honour_v by_o a_o hand_n which_o crown_v none_o but_o sovereign_a head_n and_o travel_v not_o but_o about_o triumphal_a arck_n and_o public_a monument_n i_o have_v long_o since_o know_v that_o all_o excellent_a thing_n grow_v in_o your_o garden_n and_o that_o the_o latin_a eloquence_n which_o be_v but_o borrow_v by_o other_o and_o a_o stranger_n every_o where_o else_o aught_o with_o you_o to_o be_v account_v as_o your_o patrimony_n but_o i_o know_v not_o till_o now_o that_o this_o rare_a quality_n be_v accompany_v with_o so_o perfect_a a_o courtesy_n and_o that_o a_o man_n so_o worthy_a of_o 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and_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n at_o balzac_n 10._o febr._n 1633._o another_o to_o he_o letter_n xl._o sir_n i_o love_v you_o better_o than_o i_o think_v since_o you_o part_v from_o hence_o i_o have_v have_v a_o number_n of_o alarm_n for_o you_o and_o though_o i_o stand_v in_o convert_v yet_o that_o keep_v i_o not_o from_o the_o foul_a weather_n of_o your_o voyage_n but_o i_o hope_v by_o this_o time_n you_o be_v upon_o return_v and_o that_o short_o we_o shall_v sit_v by_o the_o fire_n side_n and_o hear_v you_o tell_v your_o adventure_n of_o beausse_fw-fr and_o of_o mantelan_n whatsoever_o mounsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr have_v say_v unto_o you_o when_o you_o take_v leave_v of_o he_o i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o in_o all_o the_o whole_a discourse_n there_o can_v one_o passage_n be_v find_v that_o be_v subject_a to_o any_o bad_a interpretation_n if_o it_o be_v consider_v as_o a_o member_n depend_v upon_o the_o body_n and_o not_o as_o a_o piece_n that_o be_v break_v off_o there_o may_v 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