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ludovicus_n guezius_n balzacius_n celebris_fw-la ille_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cvi_fw-la nemo_fw-la non_fw-la gallice_n modò_fw-la sed_fw-la latin_a etiam_fw-la scribentium_fw-la elegantiae_fw-la palmam_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la cedat_fw-la singulariter_fw-la parentavit_fw-la lib._n 6._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la peireskii_fw-la per_fw-la petrum_fw-la gassendum_fw-la tu_fw-la vero_fw-la interea_fw-la nicolaï_n claudii_n fabricii_n peirescii_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d memoriam_fw-la qua_fw-la sole_n pielate_fw-la colere_fw-la pergo_fw-la et_fw-la petrum_fw-la gassendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la urge_v ut_fw-la suos_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la vitâ_fw-la commentarios_fw-la quà m_fw-la maximé_fw-fr copioso_n ocyùs_fw-la dimittat_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la a_o rigaltio_n et_fw-la balzacio_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la quibus_fw-la dediti_fw-la sunt_fw-la summis_fw-la atque_fw-la perfectis_fw-la omni_fw-la study_v contend_v ut_fw-la aeternis_fw-la 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sick_a person_n i_o recommend_v to_o your_o care_n the_o dispatch_n to_o tholose_v the_o letter_n to_o monsieur_n the_o count_n of_o clermont_n the_o copy_n of_o the_o poem_n which_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n sep._n 10._o 1630._o letter_n xviii_o to_o the_o same_o sir_n i_o have_v watch_v these_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o historical_o have_v sleep_v ill_o these_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n i_o have_v seek_v all_o remedy_n imaginable_a but_o have_v be_v diligent_a to_o no_o effect_n since_o physic_n have_v fail_v i_o i_o be_o fall_v into_o superstition_n i_o pray_v to_o he_o who_o our_o predecessor_n admit_v into_o the_o list_n of_o deity_n and_o who_o yet_o have_v altar_n in_o the_o work_n of_o some_o of_o our_o modern_a poet_n i_o address_v to_o he_o in_o the_o language_n of_o tibullus_n huc_fw-la ades_fw-la o_o bone_n somne_n veni_fw-la dulcissime_fw-la semne_a et_fw-la mea_fw-la furtiuâ_fw-la lumina_fw-la claude_fw-la manu_fw-la somne_v veni_fw-la en_fw-fr volucres_fw-la tibi_fw-la dulcia_fw-la carmina_fw-la dicunt_fw-la invitat_fw-la placito_fw-la te_fw-la vaga_fw-la lympha_fw-la sono_fw-la te_fw-la violae_fw-la te_fw-la lilia_fw-la pulchra_fw-la tuumque_fw-la papaver_fw-la teque_fw-la vocant_fw-la plenis_fw-la rhetica_fw-la vina_fw-la cadis_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipse_fw-la venis_fw-la quidnam_fw-la mitissime_fw-la rerum_fw-la tam_fw-la surdum_fw-la precibus_fw-la te_fw-la facit_fw-la esse_fw-la meis_fw-la non_fw-la divos_fw-la violavi_fw-la ullos_fw-la scelerisve_fw-la nefandi_fw-la conscia_fw-la perpetuus_fw-la mens_fw-la mihi_fw-la torture_n adest_fw-la ille_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la phoebi_fw-la si_fw-la nescis_fw-la somne_n sacerdos_fw-la nutriit_fw-la in_o tenero_fw-la i_o pia_fw-la musa_fw-la sinu_fw-la et_fw-la citharam_fw-la dedit_fw-la et_fw-la dulces_fw-la tibi_fw-la condere_fw-la versus_fw-la jam_fw-la meditor_fw-la properè_fw-la jam_fw-la modo_fw-la somne_n veni_fw-la ni_fw-fr properas_fw-la lethi_fw-la sopor_fw-la ingruit_fw-la et_fw-la mea_fw-la saevus_fw-la lumina_fw-la perpetuâ_fw-la claudere_fw-la nocte_fw-la parat_fw-la ergo_fw-la age_n somne_n gradum_fw-la celera_fw-la ne_fw-la fama_fw-la vagetur_fw-la immeritum_fw-la culpâ_fw-la i_o periisse_fw-la tuâ_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la meae_fw-la tangit_fw-la te_fw-la cura_fw-la salutis_fw-la at_o parcas_fw-la famae_fw-la si_fw-la sapit_fw-la ipse_fw-la tuus_fw-la and_o after_o that_o in_o the_o language_n of_o petrarch_n o_o sonno_n o_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr quieta_fw-la humida_fw-la ombrosa_fw-la notte_fw-it placido_fw-la figlio_fw-it o_o de_fw-la mortali_fw-la egri_fw-la conforto_fw-la oblio_fw-it dolce_fw-it de_fw-it mali_fw-la si_fw-la gravi_fw-la on_o d'è_fw-fr la_fw-fr vita_fw-la aspra_fw-la è_fw-la noiosa_fw-la succori_n all_o core_n homar_n che_fw-it langue_fw-fr e_fw-la posa_fw-la non_fw-la lave_v e_z queste_n membra_fw-la stanche_n e_fw-la frali_fw-la solleva_n à _fw-la i_o to_fw-fr invola_fw-it o_o sonno_n è_fw-la l'ali_fw-la tue_n brune_v soura_fw-la i_o distendi_fw-la e_fw-la posa_fw-la ou_fw-fr e'l_n silentio_fw-la che'l_o di_fw-mi fugge_n e_o '_o l_o lume_n e_o lievi_fw-la sogni_fw-la che_fw-it con_fw-mi non_fw-fr secure_a vestigia_fw-la di_fw-it seguirti_fw-la have_v per_fw-la costume_z lasso_n i_o noan_v ti_fw-mi chiamo_fw-la e_fw-la queste_n obscure_a e_z gelide_v ombre_fw-fr inean_a lusingo_fw-la o_o piume_v de_fw-fr asprezza_fw-mi colme_z o_o notti_n acerbe_n e_z dure_v in_o english_a thus_o sweet_a sleep_n thou_o please_a son_n of_o quiet_a night_n the_o sick_a man_n ease_n the_o joyless_a man_n delight_n afford_v my_o weary_a heart_n thy_o timely_a aid_n and_o supple_a limb_n thy_o want_n have_v useless_a make_v come_v with_o thy_o powerful_a rod_n come_v touch_v my_o head_n and_o thy_o soft_a wing_n over_o all_o my_o body_n spread_v where_o be_v sweet_a silence_n flee_v that_o shun_v the_o day_n and_o gentle_a dream_n which_o thy_o command_n obey_v o_o cruel_a night_n deaf_a sleep_n in_o vain_a in_o vain_a i_o sing_v and_o flatter_v thou_o to_o charm_v my_o pain_n you_o see_v by_o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o sonnet_n that_o i_o invoke_v but_o be_o not_o hear_v that_o he_o who_o have_v be_v call_v the_o gentle_a of_o all_o the_o god_n be_v ever_o cruel_a to_o i_o and_o that_o he_o perpetual_o reject_v my_o prayer_n and_o my_o devotion_n he_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v by_o my_o word_n nor_o yet_o by_o better_a than_o i_o he_o deride_v both_o the_o latin_a and_o tuscan_a i_o have_v borrow_v from_o two_o such_o rich_a person_n to_o endeavour_v to_o mollify_v he_o at_o all_o adventure_n let_v we_o make_v one_o prayer_n more_o to_o he_o let_v we_o try_v whether_o malherbe_n language_n will_v succeed_v better_o with_o we_o then_o that_o of_o tibulius_fw-la and_o petrarch_n but_o i_o must_v pray_v sir_n in_o your_o name_n for_o i_o be_v too_o odious_a to_o he_o oblige_v the_o god_n somnus_n either_o by_o a_o ode_n or_o a_o paite_n of_o sonnet_n or_o three_o epigram_n to_o relent_v of_o his_o cruelty_n and_o deal_v more_o favourable_o than_o he_o be_v wont_v with_o your_o poor_a friend_n get_v he_o to_o allow_v some_o good_a hour_n in_o the_o night_n for_o it_o will_v be_v too_o much_o to_o demand_v whole_a night_n let_v he_o pour_v upon_o my_o eyelid_n at_o evening_n one_o little_a drop_n of_o that_o precious_a liquor_n in_o which_o he_o plunge_v my_o laquay_n overhead_n and_o ear_n if_o he_o will_v do_v nothing_o and_o continue_v peremptory_a in_o his_o rigour_n than_o you_o have_v liberty_n to_o alter_v your_o style_n and_o to_o pass_v from_o invocation_n to_o blaspheme_v he_o you_o shall_v threaten_v he_o to_o degrade_v he_o of_o his_o divinity_n to_o beat_v down_o his_o image_n and_o set_v fire_n on_o his_o temple_n to_o take_v away_o the_o wife_n homer_n give_v he_o and_o to_o grub_v up_o the_o wood_n which_o statius_n plant_v for_o he_o to_o deprive_v he_o of_o all_o the_o pretty_a name_n all_o the_o epithet-title_n and_o in_o general_a of_o all_o the_o honour_n he_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o poetical_a nation_n since_o rhe_n reign_v of_o orpheus_n to_o that_o of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr grasse_n i_o beg_v this_o comfort_n of_o you_o that_o i_o may_v be_v revenge_v if_o i_o can_v otherwise_o be_v satisfy_v i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n dec._n 81._o 1645._o letter_n xix_o to_o the_o chloris_n of_o monsieur_n maynard_n madam_n we_o be_v indebt_v to_o you_o for_o the_o rare_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n mounseur_fw-fr maynard_n sing_v they_o but_o it_o be_v by_o mean_n of_o your_o inspiration_n and_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o you_o have_v either_o infuse_v new_a spirit_n into_o he_o or_o awaken_v a_o faculty_n that_o lie_v dormant_a in_o he_o since_o he_o be_v your_o knight_n he_o be_v become_v our_o master_n and_o his_o strength_n have_v increase_v by_o half_a in_o the_o last_o stanza_n that_o he_o write_v he_o be_v raise_v above_o the_o view_n of_o france_n in_o the_o sublimity_n and_o lostiness_n of_o his_o strain_n he_o leave_v italy_n behind_o he_o i_o mean_v the_o witty_a and_o eloquent_a italy_n even_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o eloquent_a cardinal_n bentivoglio_n and_o it_o will_v be_v the_o great_a infelicity_n that_o ever_o happen_v if_o he_o shall_v not_o win_v you_o with_o such_o a_o as_o have_v vanquish_v a_o nation_n victorious_a over_o all_o the_o rest_n believe_v my_o counsel_n madam_n i_o know_v assure_o that_o your_o reputation_n have_v raise_v jealousy_n in_o the_o closet_n and_o divers_a calistaes_n and_o clorindaes_n be_v envious_a of_o the_o praise_n of_o chloris_n i_o late_o see_v a_o dispatch_n from_o court_n which_o speak_v of_o a_o widow_n in_o this_o country_n that_o give_v out_o she_o be_v chloris_n and_o swear_v the_o amorous_a stanza_n belong_v to_o she_o give_v the_o world_n madam_n the_o satisfaction_n of_o a_o truth_n which_o be_v so_o important_a to_o you_o &_o silence_v the_o tongue_n of_o a_o presumptuous_a counterfeit_n secure_v your_o glory_n and_o praise_n with_o speed_n and_o in_o a_o word_n take_v possession_n of_o the_o name_n of_o cloris_n by_o a_o solemn_a act_n which_o neither_o cloris_n nor_o menander_n can_v undo_v again_o if_o they_o will_v i_o wish_v each_o of_o you_o a_o long_a and_o perfect_a happiness_n on_o condition_n that_o pleasant_a life_n be_v ever_o fertile_a of_o good_a verse_n and_o that_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o grow_v so_o drowsy_a in_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o nymph_n that_o he_o forget_v to_o prophesy_v he_o must_v utter_v oracle_n according_a to_o his_o custom_n and_o chant_v his_o enjoyment_n as_o well_o as_o his_o hope_n but_o to_o this_o he_o must_v have_v your_o yes_o so_o that_o i_o want_v only_o your_o consent_n to_o have_v your_o epithalamium_n &_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o all_o france_n i_o beg_v a_o poem_n of_o you_o that_o can_v be_v make_v without_o you_o and_o profess_v myself_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n aug._n 20._o 1643._o letter_n xx._n to_o mounseur_fw-fr costar_n sir_n it_o be_v not_o to_o do_v a_o favour_n to_o a_o virtue_n not_o common_a to_o esteem_v it_o extraordinary_o as_o i_o do_v when_o i_o
countenance_n and_o that_o in_o this_o great_a country_n of_o face_n as_o queen_n margaret_n sometime_o call_v it_o he_o have_v more_o brown_a and_o less_o yellow_a more_o of_o shadow_n and_o few_o ray_n and_o this_o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v near_o resemble_v in_o his_o outside_n caesar_n and_o alexander_n his_o portrait_n will_v please_v i_o much_o better_a for_o as_o to_o his_o action_n they_o be_v all_o greek_a and_o all_o roman_a and_o i_o see_v nothing_o among_o they_o that_o may_v not_o become_v the_o day_n of_o the_o hero_n the_o panegyric_n which_o be_v make_v he_o seem_v to_o be_v obscure_a and_o entangle_v &_o in_o eâ_fw-la deprehendas_fw-la vitia_fw-la degenerantis_fw-la latinitatis_fw-la the_o style_n of_o this_o man_n be_v more_o commendable_a twenty_o year_n ago_o he_o have_v learn_v to_o write_v ill_o by_o write_v continual_o and_o be_v grow_v a_o jade_n in_o his_o carrier_n they_o that_o have_v a_o great_a stock_n of_o judgement_n then_o of_o imagination_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o these_o inconvenience_n their_o eloquence_n become_v ripe_a without_o corruption_n of_o their_o speech_n and_o i_o be_o well_o assure_v that_o the_o good_a wine_n you_o tell_v i_o of_o will_v never_o loose_v its_o strength_n by_o age_n a_o thousand_o salute_n to_o our_o dear_a friend_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o july_n 1636._o letter_n vii_o sir_n i_o do_v not_o conceive_v that_o my_o exile_n must_v be_v eternal_a but_o hope_v to_o see_v paris_n once_o again_o unless_o you_o forsake_v it_o and_o rome_n also_o if_o it_o be_v thither_o that_o your_o destiny_n call_v you_o but_o i_o beseech_v you_o expound_v i_o the_o riddle_n of_o your_o last_o letter_n and_o do_v not_o constrain_v i_o any_o more_o to_o divine_v i_o have_v no_o fancy_n to_o those_o reservation_n of_o prudence_n which_o give_v i_o much_o trouble_n and_o do_v you_o no_o service_n our_o commerce_n be_v most_o innocent_a and_o be_v no_o disperser_n of_o dangerous_a news_n let_v 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sir_n in_o obedience_n to_o your_o order_n i_o have_v write_v a_o letter_n to_o monsieur_n the_o abbot_n of_o st._n nicholas_n but_o i_o much_o fear_v it_o will_v seem_v after_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o oration_n of_o gascoigne_n short_a and_o bad_a there_o be_v no_o question_n the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o history_n of_o flanders_n he_o do_v i_o the_o favour_n to_o send_v i_o be_v of_o less_o excellence_n than_o the_o two_o first_o but_o to_o discover_v my_o thought_n to_o you_o i_o begin_v to_o have_v a_o a_o great_a aversion_n from_o war_n a_o history_n that_o relate_v only_o of_o sieges_n camp_n and_o battle_n can_v always_o please_v a_o man_n that_o have_v but_o little_a fancy_n to_o the_o military_a virtue_n it_o be_v pity_n that_o rare_a wit_n do_v not_o choose_v france_n for_o his_o theatre_n rather_o than_o the_o low-countries_n where_o the_o frequent_a alteration_n of_o the_o scene_n will_v have_v render_v his_o work_n more_o various_a and_o delightful_a he_o mâ—ght_v sometime_o have_v retire_v from_o the_o field_n to_o the_o cabinet_n and_o we_o shall_v have_v see_v the_o fox_n of_o the_o court_n among_o the_o lion_n of_o army_n this_o perpetual_a roar_n of_o lion_n be_v a_o music_n with_o which_o i_o confess_v i_o be_o not_o much_o ravish_v ape_n reynards_n and_o other_o animal_n of_o more_o subtlety_n than_o fierceness_n will_v yield_v i_o better_a pastime_n with_o their_o frisk_n and_o gambol_n puppet_n have_v their_o use_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n you_o know_v it_o well_o but_o likewise_o you_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o while_o the_o ape_n dance_v on_o the_o rope_n that_o time_n be_v take_v to_o cut_v the_o purse_n of_o the_o more_o attentive_a spectator_n be_v please_v to_o sound_v out_o this_o riddle_n since_o you_o have_v employ_v i_o in_o the_o explication_n of_o so_o many_o of_o you_o i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 20_o feb._n 1638._o let._n vi_o sir_n i_o desire_v you_o to_o understand_v that_o such_o a_o gentleman_n be_v distaste_v with_o i_o or_o rather_o i_o with_o he_o i_o invite_v he_o hither_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o my_o stationer_n but_o by_o ill_a fortune_n he_o appear_v not_o so_o well_o purify_v as_o the_o letter_n of_o recommendation_n endeavour_v to_o persuade_v i_o there_o be_v certain_a vapour_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o nose_n of_o that_o noisomeness_n that_o they_o be_v insupportable_a to_o the_o most_o civil_a and_o yield_a conversation_n beside_o to_o tell_v you_o free_o he_o be_v the_o most_o savage_a of_o all_o mortal_n and_o less_o capable_a of_o discipline_n than_o bat_n and_o swallow_n which_o if_o plini_n history_n may_v be_v credit_v can_v never_o be_v reclaim_v yet_o i_o do_v not_o fail_v to_o treat_v he_o courteous_o at_o part_v and_o to_o retrench_v something_o from_o my_o poverty_n to_o advantage_v he_o but_o with_o a_o solemn_a promise_n to_o our_o lady_n never_o to_o bring_v to_o their_o sight_n again_o a_o animal_n of_o so_o unpleasing_a a_o 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that_o be_v to_o a_o jean_n de_fw-fr wert_n and_o employ_v all_o his_o rhetoric_n in_o the_o oration_n of_o a_o ignorant_a the_o commentary_n of_o caesaâ—_n and_o the_o life_n of_o suetonius_n may_v be_v bring_v in_o your_o justification_n but_o they_o have_v not_o the_o name_n of_o history_n nor_o with_o your_o favour_n must_v what_o i_o say_v be_v term_v controversy_n for_o i_o be_o in_o effect_n of_o your_o opinion_n and_o will_v write_v a_o history_n in_o the_o manner_n you_o design_v it_o though_o i_o have_v great_a contentment_n in_o read_v that_o of_o the_o draught_n of_o livy_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 4_o july_n 1638._o letter_n xvi_o sir_n my_o intention_n be_v certain_o miss_v construe_v concern_v the_o gasconian_a poem_n i_o never_o have_v any_o design_n of_o asperse_v it_o much_o less_o statius_n and_o tacitus_n for_o although_o i_o be_o of_o the_o contrary_a party_n to_o they_o yet_o i_o esteem_v they_o brave_a &_o generous_a enemy_n i_o know_v those_o 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