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offend_v and_o that_o when_o i_o give_v over_o the_o field_n and_o entreat_v for_o my_o life_n see_v the_o deal_n of_o cruel_a mind_n towards_o those_o that_o be_v good_a they_o have_v no_o fear_n but_o because_o i_o make_v no_o resistance_n they_o magnify_v themselves_o in_o the_o wrong_n of_o their_o advantage_n they_o have_v not_o take_v it_o it_o be_v myself_o have_v give_v it_o they_o their_o first_o success_n which_o my_o sufferance_n have_v encourage_v have_v be_v new_a bond_n for_o the_o continuance_n and_o because_o i_o have_v use_v no_o word_n against_o their_o blow_n they_o think_v i_o
be_o in_o heart_n and_o soul_n sir_n my_o dear_a cousin_n your_o etc._n etc._n from_o balzack_n 4._o may_v 1633._o to_z mounsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr andilly_n counsellor_n of_o the_o king_n in_o his_o counsel_n letter_n xxxii_o sir_n i_o perceive_v that_o mounsieur_fw-fr the_o great_a master_n be_v a_o great_a extender_n of_o exposition_n and_o have_v tie_v you_o to_o explain_v yourself_o in_o a_o matter_n whereof_o i_o never_o doubt_v herein_o he_o have_v exceed_v his_o commission_n and_o do_v more_o than_o he_o have_v in_o charge_n to_o do_v i_o seek_v no_o new_a assurance_n of_o your_o friendship_n this_o be_v to_o show_v a_o distrust_n in_o the_o old_a whereas_o the_o foundation_n already_o laidis_fw-la such_o that_o make_v i_o forbear_v even_o ordinary_a duty_n for_o fear_v i_o shall_v make_v show_v to_o need_v they_o and_o as_o if_o i_o will_v hold_v by_o any_o other_o strength_n than_o your_o own_o inclination_n care_n and_o diligence_n and_o assiduity_n be_v not_o always_o the_o 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resurrection_n of_o these_o good_a prince_n he_o be_v resolve_v to_o rest_v himself_o and_o not_o to_o publish_v his_o verse_n till_o they_o shall_v be_v worth_a a_o pistol_n a_o piece_n i_o fear_v it_o will_v be_v long_o ere_o we_o shall_v see_v this_o edition_n come_v forth_o for_o myself_o who_o make_v no_o such_o reckon_n of_o my_o prose_n i_o have_v no_o purpose_n to_o make_v merchandise_n of_o it_o yet_o desire_v i_o not_o nither_o to_o tire_v my_o hand_n with_o write_v continual_o to_o no_o profit_n i_o mean_v to_o make_v hereafter_o no_o other_o use_n of_o my_o pen_n then_o to_o require_v my_o friend_n to_o let_v i_o hear_v of_o their_o health_n and_o to_o assure_v you_o sir_n that_o i_o be_o no_o man_n more_o than_o you_o etc._n etc._n at_o balzac_n 12._o june_n 1633._o to_o mounsieur_fw-fr conrart_n letter_n xxxiii_o sir_n i_o have_v a_o great_a lon_n ging_n to_o see_v and_o you_o have_v do_v i_o a_o special_a kindness_n to_o send_v it_o i_o over_o yet_o i_o must_v tell_v 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boccace_n that_o will_v have_v make_v and_o all_o his_o predecessor_n the_o stoic_a philosopher_n to_o forfeit_v their_o gravity_n but_o there_o be_v not_o two_o boccace_n nor_o two_o ariosto_n there_o be_v many_o that_o think_v themselves_o pleasant_a when_o they_o be_v indeed_o ridiculous_a i_o will_v our_o good_a will_v leave_v his_o wrangle_n about_o controversy_n and_o fall_v to_o this_o kind_n of_o writing_n in_o which_o in_o my_o opinion_n he_o will_v prove_v excellent_a this_o will_v draw_v his_o genius_n out_o of_o petters_n and_o give_v it_o the_o extent_n of_o all_o humane_a thing_n to_o play_v in_o only_o he_o shall_v spare_v the_o church_n for_o her_o elder_a son_n sake_n and_o
as_o a_o medicine_n that_o please_v many_o man_n fear_v more_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o potion_n that_o be_v give_v they_o than_o the_o annoyance_n of_o the_o infirmity_n that_o offend_v they_o we_o will_v fain_o go_v to_o health_n by_o a_o way_n of_o pleasure_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o much_o able_a man_n that_o can_v purge_v with_o raspice_n than_o he_o that_o shall_v do_v it_o with_o rhubarbe_n our_o gentleman_n by_o his_o leave_n be_v none_o of_o these_o for_o common_o he_o neither_o instruct_v nor_o delight_n he_o neither_o heal_v nor_o flatter_v their_o passion_n that_o read_v he_o he_o have_v neither_o inward_a treasure_n nor_o outward_a pomp_n and_o yet_o i_o can_v tell_v you_o as_o beggarly_a and_o wretched_a as_o he_o be_v he_o have_v be_v rob_v and_o ransack_v in_o france_n he_o can_v not_o save_v himself_o from_o our_o thief_n and_o you_o may_v see_v some_o of_o his_o spoil_n which_o i_o present_v you_o here_o my_o fiddle_a doctor_n in_o his_o visage_n various_a have_v twice_o as_o many_o hand_n as_o have_v briareus_n there_o be_v not_o any_o morsel_n in_o the_o dish_n which_o he_o with_o eye_n and_o finger_n do_v not_o fish_n and_o so_o forth_o you_o see_v we_o live_v in_o a_o country_n where_o even_o beggar_n and_o rogue_n can_v pass_v in_o safety_n though_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o lose_v yet_o they_o lose_v for_o all_o that_o and_o man_n pull_v the_o hair_n â—…en_v from_o they_o that_o be_v bald_a there_o be_v no_o condition_n so_o ill_o but_o be_v envy_v of_o some_o no_o poverty_n so_o great_a which_o leave_v not_o place_n for_o injury_n cottage_n be_v pillage_v as_o well_o as_o palace_n and_o though_o coverousnesse_n look_v more_o after_o great_a gain_n yet_o it_o scorn_v not_o small_a but_o all_o this_o while_o you_o must_v remember_v that_o my_o discourse_n be_v allegorical_a and_o that_o i_o speak_v of_o poet_n and_o not_o of_o treasure_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n from_o balzac_n 25._o septemb_n 1633._o to_o my_o lord_n the_o mareschall_n deffiat_n letter_n xxxv_o sir_n though_o i_o know_v your_o life_n be_v full_a of_o business_n and_o that_o it_o have_v neither_o festival_n nor_o day_n of_o rest_n yet_o i_o be_o so_o vain_a as_o to_o fancy_v to_o myself_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o suspend_v this_o your_o continual_a action_n and_o that_o the_o recreation_n i_o send_v you_o shall_v find_v some_o place_n amid_o your_o affair_n you_o be_v not_o one_o to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o you_o know_v the_o true_a value_n of_o thing_n and_o so_o in_o art_n those_o secret_n which_o none_o but_o artist_n themselves_o see_v there_o be_v no_o think_v therefore_o to_o deceive_v you_o by_o a_o show_n of_o good_a and_o by_o false_a flash_n of_o reputation_n no_o way_n to_o gain_v estimation_n with_o you_o but_o by_o lawful_a way_n and_o rather_o by_o seek_v commendation_n from_o one_o self_n than_o testimony_n from_o other_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o i_o come_v always_o direct_o to_o yourself_o and_o never_o seek_v to_o get_v a_o favour_n by_o canvas_v and_o suit_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v get_v but_o by_o merit_n if_o my_o book_n be_v good_a that_o will_v be_v a_o solicitor_n with_o you_o in_o my_o behalf_n and_o if_o it_o make_v you_o pass_v some_o hour_n with_o any_o contentment_n you_o will_v let_v i_o understand_v it_o when_o you_o have_v read_v it_o howsoever_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v grant_v that_o the_o pension_n which_o the_o king_n give_v i_o be_v no_o excess_n that_o need_v reformation_n and_o fear_v not_o to_o be_v accuse_v of_o ill_a husbandry_n if_o you_o please_v to_o pay_v i_o that_o which_o be_v my_o due_n there_o have_v be_v heretofore_o in_o the_o place_n that_o you_o be_v now_o in_o certain_a wild_a unlettered_a person_n who_o yet_o make_v show_v of_o value_v humane_a learning_n and_o to_o respect_v those_o grace_n in_o other_o which_o be_v want_v in_o themselves_o force_v their_o humour_n and_o sweeten_v their_o countenance_n to_o win_v the_o love_n of_o 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want_n and_o indeed_o to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v i_o grieve_v for_o pleasure_n that_o be_v absent_a and_o curious_o hunt_v after_o all_o the_o defect_n of_o my_o estate_n if_o my_o commerce_n be_v only_o with_o dumb_a creature_n at_o least_o i_o be_o not_o trouble_v with_o the_o importunity_n of_o courtier_n nor_o with_o the_o verse_n of_o a_o paltry_a poet_n nor_o with_o the_o prose_n of_o messieurs_fw-fr these_o be_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o paris_n which_o i_o count_v more_o troublesome_a than_o either_o the_o dirt_n or_o the_o justle_n of_o coach_n and_o at_o the_o worst_a if_o by_o live_v in_o the_o desert_n i_o shall_v become_v a_o mere_a savage_a yet_o i_o be_o sure_a to_o recover_v the_o garb_n of_o the_o world_n as_o soon_o as_o i_o shall_v but_o see_v madam_n destoges_n and_o make_v myself_o neat_a and_o civil_a with_o but_o one_o half_a hour_n converse_v with_o she_o this_o be_v my_o wish_n madam_n and_o passionate_o i_o be_o your_o etc._n etc._n at_o balzac_n 20._o 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he_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v any_o thing_n strange_a that_o happen_v in_o this_o inferior_a world_n and_o upon_o inferior_a i_o person_n what_o consideration_n soever_o may_v otherwise_o make_v they_o deaâ—…_n unto_o he_o if_o you_o have_v vouchsafe_v to_o keep_v the_o letter_n i_o have_v write_v to_o you_o i_o humble_o 〈◊〉_d you_o to_o send_v they_o to_o i_o that_o i_o may_v see_v what_o volume_n two_o can_v make_v for_o the_o impression_n that_o be_v require_v of_o i_o 〈◊〉_d madam_n it_o shall_v be_v if_o you_o please_v upon_o this_o condition_n that_o part_v with_o the_o letter_n you_o shall_v never_o let_v your_o memory_n part_n with_o the_o truth_n they_o contain_v but_o hold_v undoubted_o that_o i_o very_o firm_o be_o though_o i_o do_v not_o very_o often_o say_v i_o be_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n 25._o decemb._n 1630._o another_o to_o she_o letter_n xxxvii_o madam_n my_o labour_n be_v happy_a since_o it_o be_v never_o from_o before_o you_o and_o since_o i_o be_o tell_v 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