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etc._n sir_n your_o humility_n do_v you_o injustice_n and_o i_o a_o favour_n it_o exalt_v i_o by_o undervalew_v you_o but_o yet_o i_o can_v therefore_o esteem_v myself_o tall_a or_o reckon_v you_o lesser_a i_o understand_v the_o style_n of_o the_o place_n where_o you_o be_v such_o submission_n be_v part_n of_o your_o mirth_n and_o at_o court_n you_o play_v with_o those_o word_n which_o we_o use_v in_o earnest_n in_o the_o country_n it_o must_v necessary_o be_v so_o else_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o you_o who_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nothing_o shall_v not_o know_v what_o yourself_o be_v worth_a will_v you_o have_v except_v yourself_o out_o of_o the_o universal_a knowledge_n you_o have_v acquire_v and_o at_o once_o both_o obey_v and_o disobey_v the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n in_o earnest_n after_o i_o have_v consider_v examine_v and_o study_v your_o book_n a_o whole_a fortnight_n i_o conclude_v that_o never_o any_o know_v the_o worth_n of_o a_o man_n so_o perfect_o as_o yourself_o never_o 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accompany_v with_o a_o sermon_n that_o will_v hold_v a_o whole_a lent_n hostibus_fw-la eveniant_fw-la talia_fw-la dona_fw-la meis_fw-la i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o april_n 1637._o letter_n xii_o sir_n i_o be_o glad_a you_o be_v well_o please_v with_o the_o treatise_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr des_fw-fr cartes_n and_o shall_v no_o long_o question_v the_o solidity_n of_o his_o doctrine_n since_o it_o have_v receive_v your_o approbation_n i_o send_v you_o with_o this_o his_o judgement_n on_o my_o first_o letter_n stylo_o ut_fw-la aiebat_fw-la petroniano_n my_o latin_a will_v sudden_o follow_v all_o glorious_a with_o the_o eulogy_n bestow_v on_o it_o at_o paris_n with_o which_o appointment_n it_o will_v not_o fear_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o manutii_n have_v be_v so_o high_o value_v by_o the_o bourbon_n you_o be_v extol_v there_o according_a to_o your_o merit_n and_o you_o may_v believe_v that_o if_o i_o understand_v as_o many_o language_n as_o one_o of_o our_o friend_n profess_v knowledge_n of_o and_o they_o report_n scaliger_n have_v skill_n in_o i_o shall_v not_o content_v myself_o to_o commend_v you_o in_o latin_a and_o french_a the_o accuser_n of_o cicero_n since_o you_o desire_v to_o know_v he_o be_v the_o redoubtable_a schioppius_n he_o have_v cause_v a_o book_n to_o be_v print_v at_o milan_n wherein_o he_o accuse_v cicero_n of_o incongruity_n and_o barbarism_n there_o be_v but_o one_o copy_n in_o all_o france_n and_o the_o sieurs_fw-fr dupens_n do_v i_o the_o favour_n to_o lend_v it_o i_o when_o i_o be_v at_o paris_n this_o injustice_n offer_v to_o cicero_n will_v be_v a_o comfort_n to_o scaliger_n if_o he_o shall_v return_v into_o the_o world_n in_o these_o day_n but_o i_o expect_v the_o same_o schioppius_n shall_v short_o write_v another_o volume_n and_o therein_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o cato_n be_v a_o wicked_a man_n and_o julius_n cesar_n a_o craven_a soldier_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 22_o april_n 1637._o letter_n 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for_o i_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o pour_v out_o all_o my_o favour_n at_o once_o have_v beside_o great_a reason_n to_o complain_v of_o your_o parsimony_n you_o have_v no_o commiseration_n of_o the_o indigence_n of_o my_o solitude_n or_o the_o barrenness_n of_o this_o desert_n for_o how_o many_o age_n be_v flee_v since_o i_o receive_v any_o thing_n immediate_o from_o you_o i_o know_v no_o more_o of_o the_o affair_n of_o your_o muse_n then_o if_o i_o be_v the_o most_o profane_a of_o all_o the_o barbarian_n yet_o this_o great_a neglect_n can_v overcome_v my_o patience_n or_o shake_v that_o unalterable_a resolution_n i_o have_v to_o honour_v you_o with_o passion_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o octob._n 1637._o letter_n xxviii_o sir_n i_o be_o resolve_v to_o free_v myself_o from_o the_o dominion_n of_o all_o troublesome_a passion_n as_o well_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o my_o soul_n as_o for_o the_o quiet_a of_o my_o life_n and_o interest_n of_o my_o health_n i_o have_v be_v 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