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charlot_n farmer_n general_n of_o the_o tax_n sir_n i_o never_o think_v it_o will_v come_v to_o be_v necessary_a to_o recommend_v the_o muse_n interest_n to_o you_o who_o make_v profession_n of_o generosity_n mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr balzac_n who_o merit_n have_v give_v he_o a_o universal_a esteem_n complain_v that_o you_o refuse_v he_o that_o contentment_n which_o he_o promise_v himself_o from_o your_o favour_n although_o his_o rare_a quality_n beside_o the_o justness_n of_o his_o request_n may_v seem_v to_o speak_v enough_o for_o he_o with_o a_o person_n so_o noble_a and_o intelligent_a yet_o i_o be_v willing_a to_o write_v thus_o much_o to_o you_o and_o assure_v you_o that_o i_o resent_v the_o denial_n you_o give_v he_o as_o a_o injury_n do_v to_o i_o as_o that_o on_o the_o contrary_n i_o shall_v also_o be_v partaker_n with_o he_o in_o the_o obligation_n which_o your_o speedy_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o desire_n shall_v lay_v upon_o he_o in_o confidence_n that_o you_o will_v not_o fail_v herein_o i_o rest_v sir_n your_o most_o affectionate_a servant_n d'effiat_fw-la paris_n 14_o march_n 1629._o letter_n xiiii_o to_o my_o lord_n bouthily_o lord_n treasurer_n my_o lord_n you_o think_v you_o have_v do_v i_o but_o one_o favour_n and_o i_o account_v i_o have_v receive_v two_o for_o in_o my_o arithmetic_n it_o be_v a_o second_o benefit_n that_o you_o do_v not_o expect_v till_o i_o request_v for_o the_o first_o and_o the_o favour_n you_o have_v do_v i_o be_v not_o of_o much_o great_a value_n with_o i_o than_o what_o your_o readiness_n to_o anticipate_v my_o desire_n have_v spare_v i_o a_o man_n that_o petition_n with_o tremble_a and_o fall_v back_o upon_o the_o least_o refusal_n who_o have_v all_o the_o necessary_a quality_n that_o go_v to_o the_o make_v up_o of_o a_o ill_a courtier_n be_v very_o much_o oblige_v to_o you_o for_o pardon_v he_o so_o many_o fear_n and_o inquietude_n as_o he_o shall_v have_v undergo_v in_o his_o address_n to_o you_o and_o for_o that_o 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than_o lameness_n i_o renounce_v the_o use_n of_o my_o leg_n and_o beg_v god_n to_o give_v i_o my_o infirmity_n again_o on_o condition_n he_o send_v back_o my_o comforter_n that_o be_v to_o say_v i_o be_o not_o myself_o without_o you_o late_o i_o hold_v you_o in_o esteem_n only_o for_o your_o virtue_n which_o i_o look_v upon_o then_o as_o be_v unconcern_v and_o as_o on_o a_o good_a i_o have_v no_o title_n to_o now_o i_o be_o in_o love_n with_o your_o person_n which_o give_v i_o a_o propriety_n in_o you_o and_o a_o right_a to_o call_v you_o my_o own_o this_o rouse_v and_o awake_v i_o in_o the_o night_n this_o make_v i_o jealous_a of_o mounseur_fw-fr d'espess_n the_o lord_n abbot_n of_o cerisy_n our_o dear_a mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr chambre_fw-fr etc._n etc._n i_o say_v nothing_o to_o you_o about_o your_o most_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a discourse_n mounseur_fw-fr caplain_n will_v show_v you_o what_o i_o write_v to_o he_o concern_v they_o in_o the_o ecstasy_n you_o leave_v i_o 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de_fw-fr himself_n say_v it_o will_v be_v such_o a_o grand_a equivocation_n as_o will_v make_v all_o philosopher_n count_v ridiculous_a he_o say_v nothing_o must_v be_v read_v but_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremy_n nor_o any_o thing_n write_v but_o wi_n i_o be_o reduce_v almost_o to_o such_o a_o condition_n and_o be_o not_o valiant_a enough_o to_o resume_v the_o employment_n i_o have_v discontinue_v do_v not_o madam_n your_o command_n interpose_v and_o you_o imagine_v you_o have_v occasion_n of_o my_o language_n i_o have_v send_v you_o what_o you_o enjoin_v i_o and_o it_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o bottom_n of_o my_o heart_n possible_o it_o may_v want_v the_o grace_n and_o ornament_n of_o a_o rhetorician_n but_o i_o conceive_v that_o for_o that_o reason_n it_o will_v not_o be_v of_o less_o valid_a evidence_n that_o he_o who_o write_v it_o be_v perfect_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n may_v 12._o 1640._o letter_n x._o to_o the_o same_o madam_n i_o understand_v from_o a_o friend_n of_o i_o 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be_v sing_v in_o the_o most_o memorable_a debauch_n and_o have_v not_o your_o own_o athaeneus_n teach_v you_o a_o song_n concern_v harmodius_n that_o begin_v thus_o most_o dear_a harmodius_n thou_o be_v not_o yet_o dead_a the_o report_n be_v that_o thou_o yet_o live_v in_o the_o fortunate_a island_n with_o active_a achilles_n and_o brave_a diomedes_n upon_o this_o song_n of_o harmodius_n the_o loyalist_n who_o will_v have_v convert_v you_o when_o you_o be_v both_o in_o my_o chamber_n have_v bring_v i_o a_o passage_n out_o of_o aristophanes_n and_o another_o of_o one_o of_o his_o commentatour_n which_o confirm_v that_o of_o atheneus_n here_o they_o be_v both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristophanes_n achernensibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la locum_fw-la scholiastes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o be_v admirable_a in_o search_v out_o all_o kind_n of_o drink_v song_n for_o i_o which_o you_o 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thing_n to_o his_o elegy_n i_o be_o sir_n you_o etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o novemb_n 1640._o let._n xxxi_o sir_n i_o remain_v your_o favourite_n during_o your_o good_a pleasure_n and_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v never_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o forfeit_v that_o title_n but_o if_o you_o please_v do_v not_o take_v i_o for_o a_o follower_n of_o chrysippus_n for_o if_o you_o do_v you_o will_v have_v cause_n one_o of_o these_o day_n to_o accuse_v i_o of_o lightness_n and_o to_o brand_v he_o with_o apostasy_n who_o you_o once_o term_v novice_n you_o will_v see_v in_o my_o second_o apology_n how_o i_o have_v quit_v the_o cassock_n i_o have_v take_v and_o in_o what_o manner_n i_o have_v be_v rebellious_a against_o the_o old_a stoical_a father_n yet_o i_o conceive_v if_o i_o remember_v well_o the_o word_n of_o my_o letter_n i_o speak_v plain_o of_o that_o proud_a philosophy_n without_o much_o declaration_n for_o any_o side_n i_o be_o indeed_o of_o a_o sect_n more_o gentle_a or_o to_o speak_v true_a i_o be_o of_o all_o sect_n &_o nequid_fw-la tibi_fw-la dissimulem_fw-la sine_fw-la lare_fw-la &_o familiâ_fw-la in_o philosophiâ_fw-la vagamur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la nostro_fw-la flacco_fw-la nulliùs_fw-la addictus_fw-la jurare_fw-la in_o verba_fw-la magistri_fw-la quo_fw-la i_o cunque_fw-la rapit_fw-la tempestas_fw-la deferor_fw-la hospes_fw-la our_o friend_n be_v latin_n seem_v to_o i_o very_o handsome_a but_o his_o flattery_n be_v insupportable_a and_o as_o that_o honest_a man_n of_o antiquity_n exclaim_v against_o homer_n jupiter_n because_o he_o favour_v the_o barbarian_n so_o this_o new_a author_n displease_v i_o because_o he_o soothe_v up_o such_o people_n as_o be_v not_o worth_a his_o pain_n the_o letter_n i_o write_v to_o mounseur_fw-fr heinsius_n be_v neither_o long_a nor_o short_a and_o therefore_o there_o must_v be_v something_o more_o in_o that_o that_o be_v tell_v you_o for_o the_o german_n who_o i_o mention_v to_o you_o the_o other_o day_n call_v joannes_n fredericus_fw-la gronovius_n have_v the_o like_a discourse_n with_o i_o and_o i_o know_v not_o if_o some_o officious_a unknown_a person_n have_v be_v dispose_v to_o make_v himself_o pleasant_a with_o he_o and_o i_o mascardi_n be_v dead_a and_o we_o shall_v all_o die_v as_o well_o as_o he_o but_o be_v he_o so_o eloquent_a as_o you_o speak_v of_o i_o have_v see_v nothing_o of_o his_o make_n except_o some_o academical_a oration_n which_o be_v show_v i_o some_o fourteen_o or_o fifteen_o year_n since_o and_o i_o confess_v that_o i_o find_v his_o italian_a prose_n as_o poetical_a as_o that_o of_o ciampoli_n a_o thousand_o service_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr voiture_fw-fr and_o all_o our_o other_o friend_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 24_o novemb_n 1640._o letter_n xxxii_o sir_n i_o shall_v be_v more_o sick_a than_o you_o if_o inform_v i_o of_o bad_a news_n you_o do_v not_o likewise_o give_v i_o hope_n of_o
that_o if_o i_o desire_v it_o he_o will_v make_v a_o ghost_n for_o i_o in_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n only_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o his_o innocent_a science_n and_o without_o employ_v any_o evil_a spirit_n from_o that_o time_n forward_o i_o take_v his_o soul_n not_o to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o order_n with_o i_o and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o hero_n because_o i_o know_v he_o be_v not_o a_o mountebank_n but_o shall_v we_o bestow_v that_o scurvy_a name_n on_o our_o i_o dare_v not_o pronounce_v any_o thing_n concern_v he_o neither_o only_o i_o fear_v he_o have_v less_o authority_n than_o zeal_n and_o that_o the_o party_n do_v attribute_v too_o much_o to_o he_o to_o empower_v he_o with_o the_o arbitrement_n of_o their_o good_a will_n and_o without_o entreaty_n of_o any_o person_n i_o be_o without_o reserve_n sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n jan._n 14._o 1640._o letter_n xxix_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr costar_n sir_n i_o have_v employ_v seneca_n and_o boetius_fw-la father_n adam_n the_o jesuit_n and_o father_n stephen_n the_o capuchin_n to_o comfort_v i_o for_o your_o absence_n but_o i_o have_v sâ—t_v they_o on_o work_n to_o no_o end_n it_o be_v yourself_o that_o must_v put_v i_o into_o a_o condition_n of_o endure_v to_o be_v some_o time_n without_o you_o and_o find_v i_o out_o a_o remedy_n for_o the_o affliction_n you_o put_v i_o into_o by_o leave_v i_o you_o have_v late_o do_v i_o that_o good_a office_n in_o a_o admirable_a manner_n for_o after_o i_o have_v receive_v your_o elegant_a letter_n i_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v miserable_a that_o i_o can_v not_o contain_v my_o joy_n from_o become_v insolent_a it_o be_v a_o extreme_a infelicity_n to_o be_v separate_v from_o you_o but_o it_o be_v a_o sovereign_a blessing_n to_o have_v so_o great_a a_o interest_n in_o your_o soul_n and_o affection_n and_o these_o glorious_a tiding_n do_v so_o ravish_v i_o that_o i_o do_v not_o less_o need_v moderation_n now_o than_o i_o do_v constancy_n three_o day_n ago_o if_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr thihaudiere_n be_v not_o the_o bearer_n of_o these_o truth_n i_o will_v stretch_v they_o out_o long_o and_o dress_v they_o up_o with_o more_o ornament_n but_o he_o will_v do_v i_o that_o service_n and_o i_o have_v more_o confidence_n in_o his_o rhetoric_n than_o my_o own_o i_o believe_v neither_o of_o they_o be_v necessary_a to_o persuade_v you_o that_o i_o be_o perfect_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n octo._n 1._o 1643._o letter_n xxx_o to_o madam_n the_o countess_n of_o brienne_n madam_n there_o be_v no_o place_n so_o remote_a whither_o the_o reputation_n of_o your_o virtue_n have_v not_o extend_v the_o public_a voice_n have_v entertain_v i_o with_o it_o in_o the_o desert_n and_o all_o france_n be_v in_o this_o the_o echo_n of_o paris_n the_o whole_a world_n call_v you_o the_o good_a and_o generous_a lady_n of_o the_o court_n and_o you_o be_v not_o less_o know_v by_o these_o amiable_a name_n than_o the_o illustrious_a title_n you_o bear_v this_o be_v that_o which_o deter_n i_o madam_n from_o use_v any_o art_n or_o endeavour_v by_o a_o long_a train_n of_o word_n to_o beg_v of_o you_o what_o you_o can_v refuse_v i_o your_o protection_n be_v sure_a not_o only_o to_o desert_n but_o to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v like_o it_o and_o you_o have_v confess_v to_o monsieur_fw-fr the_o abbot_n of_o saint_n nicolas_n that_o there_o be_v something_o that_o either_o please_v you_o or_o delude_v you_o in_o my_o writing_n those_o which_o my_o friend_n will_v present_v you_o from_o i_o have_v already_o be_v in_o the_o place_n where_o you_o be_v but_o so_o disease_v and_o totter_a that_o i_o be_o tell_v it_o will_v move_v pity_n in_o i_o to_o see_v they_o in_o that_o condition_n i_o fear_v they_o have_v offend_v the_o eye_n of_o madam_n the_o princess_n if_o they_o have_v appear_v before_o she_o with_o those_o defect_n and_o deformity_n and_o i_o be_o desirous_a she_o may_v see_v they_o in_o a_o better_a and_o more_o decent_a equipage_n you_o may_v please_v to_o do_v i_o this_o good_a office_n by_o communicate_v to_o her_o the_o copy_n i_o send_v you_o i_o most_o humble_o beseech_v you_o do_v i_o this_o favour_n and_o believe_v i_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n dec._n 14._o 1644._o letter_n xxxi_o to_o madam_n the_o mass_n madam_n i_o perceive_v you_o will_v not_o be_v in_o debt_n the_o present_a i_o send_v you_o be_v pay_v for_o above_o its_o value_n by_o the_o thanks_o i_o receive_v for_o it_o and_o it_o be_v not_o you_o that_o be_v oblige_v it_o be_v i_o that_o be_o become_v insolvent_a in_o earnest_n what_o can_v i_o repay_v you_o for_o all_o the_o goodness_n in_o your_o letter_n for_o such_o a_o deal_n of_o rarity_n excellency_n and_o perfection_n as_o you_o bestow_v upon_o i_o if_o i_o have_v speak_v pearl_n as_o we_o may_v say_v among_o we_o you_o have_v over-bought_a they_o by_o praise_v my_o word_n with_o such_o excess_n it_o will_v not_o be_v your_o fault_n if_o rusticity_n and_o plaineness_n of_o my_o work_n be_v not_o prefer_v before_o the_o polite_a and_o courtly_a style_n of_o other_o the_o composition_n of_o a_o provincial_n shall_v be_v set_v upon_o the_o shelf_n of_o king_n and_o keep_v up_o among_o their_o treasure_n if_o your_o opinion_n be_v ask_v if_o you_o may_v be_v credit_v i_o shall_v be_v annex_v to_o plutarch_n life_n i_o be_o illustrious_a enough_o madam_n by_o your_o estimation_n of_o i_o my_o work_n be_v too_o happy_a in_o be_v lodge_v in_o your_o closet_n and_o be_v sometime_o take_v into_o your_o hand_n will_v to_o god_n it_o can_v divert_v you_o to_o your_o content_n but_o what_o wish_n will_v i_o not_o make_v to_o serve_v you_o in_o some_o occasion_n of_o importance_n and_o evidence_n to_o you_o by_o my_o respect_n and_o obedience_n that_o i_o be_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n aug._n 17._o 1644._o letter_n xxxii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr covurelles_n sir_n to_o live_v in_o your_o remembrance_n be_v a_o eminent_a vindication_n from_o be_v as_o a_o dead_a person_n to_o all_o the_o world_n it_o be_v to_o live_v glorious_o to_o be_v commend_v in_o madam_n desloges_n closet_n by_o you_o and_o m._n borstel_n there_o be_v no_o virtue_n so_o ambitious_a that_o dare_v desire_v more_o or_o that_o will_v choose_v for_o its_o coronation_n day_n any_o other_o place_n or_o person_n i_o perceive_v manifest_o i_o be_v treat_v with_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o grace_n than_o justice_n and_o i_o find_v my_o recompense_n so_o far_o above_o the_o meanness_n of_o my_o merit_n that_o i_o confess_v i_o owe_v you_o all_o that_o you_o think_v you_o have_v give_v i_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o this_o for_o which_o i_o be_o most_o oblige_v to_o you_o what_o honour_n soever_o i_o have_v receive_v from_o so_o eloquent_a a_o mouth_n as_o you_o your_o word_n delight_v i_o much_o more_o when_o they_o cure_v than_o when_o they_o commend_v and_o i_o thank_v you_o more_o hearty_o for_o the_o recovery_n of_o our_o excellent_a sick_a lady_n then_o for_o my_o paneygrick_n since_o i_o be_o so_o thorough_o conscious_a of_o your_o power_n i_o can_v in_o the_o least_o doubt_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o miracle_n and_o i_o know_v long_o ago_o by_o experience_n that_o you_o be_v able_a to_o accomplish_v thing_n beyond_o the_o ordinary_a reach_n i_o be_v almost_o harass_v to_o death_n in_o the_o way_n to_o poitiers_n when_o you_o fortunate_o appear_v to_o my_o succour_n &_o i_o think_v it_o be_v not_o less_o to_o unweary_a i_o in_o a_o instant_n and_o to_o afford_v i_o delicacy_n in_o a_o scurvy_a inn_n then_o drive_v away_o a_o settle_a fever_n and_o give_v consolation_n to_o a_o afflict_a lady_n after_o this_o why_o do_v you_o talk_v of_o the_o strength_n of_o my_o style_n and_o the_o virtue_n of_o my_o writing_n you_o who_o act_n with_o so_o much_o efficacy_n in_o your_o most_o familiar_a conversation_n and_o each_o of_o who_o word_n be_v a_o remedy_n be_v it_o possible_a you_o can_v relish_v such_o latin_a as_o be_v produce_v amid_o the_o barbarism_n of_o our_o village_n eight_o day_n journey_n from_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr thou_fw-mi gallery_n and_o eighteen_o age_n after_o cicero_n death_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o i_o be_o a_o goth_n or_o a_o roman_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v gibberish_n or_o language_n that_o i_o send_v abroad_o but_o i_o be_o sure_a you_o be_v perfect_o oblige_v and_o you_o prize_v even_o the_o good_a meaning_n of_o such_o as_o do_v ill_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v of_o this_o particular_a but_o only_o that_o you_o shall_v never_o applaud_v a_o ill_a actor_n that_o honour_v you_o more_o than_o i_o nor_o that_o can_v be_v with_o more_o passion_n than_o i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n aug._n 10._o 1638._o letter_n xxxiii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr borstell_n