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that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o trouble_v ourselves_o so_o much_o in_o making-pastime_n for_o impertinent_a and_o ingrateful_a person_n if_o some_o ignorant_a fellow_n take_v exception_n at_o the_o learned_a world_n in_o the_o discourse_n you_o may_v allege_v those_o verse_n to_o he_o meritò_fw-la cvi_fw-la doctior_fw-la orbis_n submissis_fw-la defert_fw-la fascihus_fw-la imperium_fw-la i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 20._o septemb_n 1637._o let._n xxv_o sir_n i_o presume_v you_o understand_v the_o design_n of_o our_o semicapro_n to_o put_v i_o into_o the_o prelacy_n which_o he_o imagine_v to_o accomplish_v by_o the_o credit_n and_o recommendation_n of_o certain_a people_n who_o name_n and_o existence_n i_o never_o yet_o hear_v of_o i_o send_v you_o the_o two_o wonderful_a letter_n they_o write_v i_o to_o that_o effect_n which_o i_o think_v you_o can_v scarce_o read_v with_o a_o sober_a countenance_n you_o will_v there_o see_v the_o management_n of_o all_o bad_a policy_n and_o 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witness_n against_o he_o be_v not_o so_o faithful_a as_o i_o and_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o advice_n be_v like_o heroic_a poet_n who_o upon_o a_o small_a foundation_n of_o truth_n build_v a_o prodigious_a structure_n of_o lie_n how_o many_o wicked_a mind_n be_v there_o that_o wish_v a_o eternity_n of_o the_o war_n that_o be_v only_o fit_a to_o break_v friendship_n to_o hinder_v reconcilement_n and_o to_o cherish_v and_o improve_v the_o seed_n of_o hatred_n but_o the_o business_n must_v be_v further_o clear_v and_o our_o judgement_n suspend_v till_o then_o i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o say_v concern_v monsieur_n conrart_n but_o only_o that_o old_a word_n which_o i_o have_v repeat_v so_o often_o i_o shall_v live_v and_o die_v in_o my_o ingratitude_n he_o be_v excessiu_o oblige_v and_o unless_o i_o have_v your_o assistance_n to_o acquit_v i_o from_o so_o many_o engagement_n i_o confess_v i_o be_o insolent_a and_o i_o yield_v he_o up_o my_o word_n which_o be_v the_o only_a good_n of_o a_o poor_a rhetorician_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 1_o may_n 1641._o let._n xiii_o sir_n you_o remember_v what_o the_o crow_n say_v of_o old_a upon_o the_o capitol_n est_fw-la bene_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la dicere_fw-la dixit_fw-la erit_fw-la she_o be_v in_o the_o same_o note_n at_o this_o day_n and_o therefore_o let_v we_o hope_v well_o for_o the_o future_a let_v we_o judge_v favourable_o of_o our_o affair_n in_o germany_n and_o not_o imagine_v that_o the_o fortune_n of_o our_o army_n be_v dead_a with_o its_o first_o general_n at_o least_o let_v we_o content_v ourselves_o with_o present_a loss_n and_o the_o misery_n that_o arrive_v every_o hour_n calamity_n come_v fast_o enough_o without_o be_v anticipate_v by_o our_o fear_n as_o it_o also_o continue_v to_o long_a although_o we_o take_v no_o pain_n to_o preserve_v it_o in_o our_o memory_n i_o expect_v the_o book_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr chambre_fw-fr with_o much_o zeal_n and_o devotion_n since_o 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