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A78017 Balzac's remaines, or, His last lettersĀ· Written to severall grand and eminent persons in France. Whereunto are annexed the familiar letters of Monsieur de Balzac to his friend Monsieur Chapelain. Never before in English.; Correspondence. English. Selections Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.; Chapelain, Jean, 1595-1674.; Dring, Thomas. 1658 (1658) Wing B616; Thomason E1779_1; ESTC R209057 331,826 458

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undeceive_v you_o in_o that_o counterfeit_a grandee_n who_o you_o esteem_v so_o high_o in_o my_o person_n you_o shall_v find_v at_o least_o a_o honest_a man_n in_o the_o place_n of_o he_o who_o time_n can_v never_o change_v and_o who_o doubtless_o you_o will_v ever_o love_v since_o he_o will_v eternal_o be_v with_o all_o his_o soul_n sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n oct._n 8._o 1644._o letter_n xxxii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr solomon_n attorney_n general_n to_o the_o grand_a council_n sir_n you_o will_v not_o be_v offend_v that_o i_o value_n the_o accessary_a high_o than_o the_o principal_a and_o your_o letter_n then_o your_o present_n you_o have_v send_v i_o a_o book_n i_o do_v not_o much_o admite_n but_o you_o have_v write_v i_o know_v not_o what_o that_o charm_n i_o pardon_v the_o curiosity_n of_o a_o man_n on_o who_o you_o have_v make_v trial_n of_o your_o enchantment_n i_o desire_v of_o you_o serious_o where_o be_v this_o innocent_a and_o handsome_a magic_n teach_v or_o if_o you_o please_v that_o subtle_a and_o new_a kind_n of_o rhetoric_n in_o that_o country_n from_o whence_o the_o genus_fw-la demonstrativum_fw-la come_v to_o we_o and_o in_o the_o shape_n of_o cardinal_n bentivoglic_a and_o the_o father_n strada_n there_o be_v not_o any_o mystery_n teach_v to_o attract_v the_o soul_n more_o gentle_o and_o by_o more_o delicate_a engine_n your_o civility_n be_v perfume_v with_o a_o incense_n so_o exquisite_a and_o precious_a that_o that_o which_o be_v retail_v at_o court_n be_v but_o a_o sophisticate_a gum_n in_o respect_n of_o it_o in_o a_o word_n sir_n to_o express_v myself_o literal_o without_o make_v use_n of_o the_o figure_n and_o rhetoric_n i_o have_v learn_v from_o you_o you_o employ_v so_o much_o of_o your_o own_o eloquence_n in_o praise_v i_o that_o you_o seem_v rather_o to_o defy_v that_o then_o make_v a_o compliment_n to_o i_o i_o have_v no_o mind_n either_o to_o contest_v in_o this_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o with_o you_o i_o bear_v too_o much_o reverence_n both_o to_o the_o king_n servant_n and_o his_o tongue_n and_o be_o too_o sensible_a of_o the_o advantage_n he_o have_v over_o i_o who_o the_o last_o year_n persuade_v what_o he_o will_v and_o who_o i_o hearken_v to_o with_o delight_n when_o he_o give_v his_o answer_n upon_o two_o hundred_o question_n that_o be_v propose_v he_o i_o be_o resolve_v to_o hear_v and_o applaud_v as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v to_o give_v place_n and_o yield_v to_o you_o as_o much_o as_o you_o please_v for_o it_o be_v better_a i_o shall_v pass_v for_o one_o of_o your_o paradox_n than_o with_o word_n so_o unequal_a to_o you_o attempt_v to_o confute_v you_o to_o my_o own_o confusion_n why_o shall_v i_o perplex_v myself_o to_o resist_v a_o strength_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o gentleness_n and_o can_v do_v nothing_o but_o good_a i_o must_v patient_o endure_v my_o happiness_n in_o egypt_n they_o do_v not_o cast_v up_o bank_n against_o that_o beneficial_a violence_n which_o break_v in_o to_o enrich_v the_o country_n that_o receive_v it_o be_v plea_n do_v therefore_o to_o continue_v your_o please_a excess_n and_o over-presse_a i_o with_o a_o infinity_n of_o favour_n i_o shall_v be_v glorious_a in_o those_o precious_a ruin_n write_v excellent_a thing_n to_o i_o still_o while_o i_o only_o return_v a_o answer_n to_o they_o in_o the_o bare_a protestation_n which_o i_o shall_v make_v you_o to_o be_v ever_o passionate_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n apr._n 18._o 1645._o letter_n xxxiii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr ferret_n secretary_n to_o the_o late_a duke_n of_o weymar_n sir_n i_o have_v be_v slow_a in_o answer_v your_o eloquent_a letter_n but_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o i_o have_v ruminate_v and_o meditate_a upon_o its_o eloquence_n a_o long_a time_n there_o be_v enchant_v paper_n as_o well_o as_o castle_n and_o if_o i_o have_v forget_v myself_o among_o your_o excellent_a thing_n do_v not_o esteem_v it_o sloth_n but_o rather_o a_o ecstasy_n and_o ravishment_n that_o which_o you_o have_v write_v to_o i_o do_v honour_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o your_o prince_n and_o extol_v his_o judgement_n after_o his_o death_n i_o perceive_v by_o that_o he_o understand_v how_o to_o choose_v head_n and_o distinguish_v of_o man_n that_o he_o be_v as_o know_v in_o pen_n as_o sword_n that_o his_o secretary_n do_v not_o second_v he_o less_o gallant_o in_o his_o closet_n than_o his_o colonel_n in_o the_o field_n but_o do_v not_o think_v you_o shall_v be_v rid_v of_o i_o so_o in_o show_v i_o you_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o weymar_n secretary_n you_o promise_v i_o more_o that_o you_o will_v be_v his_o historiographer_n for_o my_o sake_n and_o i_o expect_v the_o memoires_n i_o request_v of_o you_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n sir_n i_o thank_v you_o for_o the_o sermon_n you_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o send_v i_o and_o beseech_v you_o to_o assure_v the_o honest_a heretic_n that_o preach_v they_o that_o i_o always_o extreme_o honour_v and_o esteem_v he_o there_o be_v more_o than_o one_o 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speak_v something_o of_o his_o eminence_n but_o for_o the_o present_a you_o must_v know_v that_o my_o muse_n have_v be_v more_o dare_a and_o active_a than_o i_o myself_o their_o verse_n have_v get_v the_o start_n and_o leave_v my_o prose_n behind_o if_o you_o do_v not_o approve_v that_o i_o separate_v and_o make_v a_o distinction_n betwixt_o i_o and_o my_o muse_n i_o must_v take_v another_o course_n to_o express_v myself_o you_o will_v perceive_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o great_a julius_n that_o i_o perform_v my_o devotion_n more_o than_o a_o year_n since_o without_o vaunt_v of_o it_o to_o any_o one_o or_o record_v it_o with_o the_o bookseller_n you_o will_v also_o see_v by_o consequence_n that_o i_o be_o a_o better_a frenchman_n then_o a_o courtier_n and_o that_o in_o the_o action_n of_o my_o duty_n i_o oftentimes_o content_v myself_o with_o the_o testimony_n of_o my_o conscience_n after_o the_o oracle_n there_o f●llowes_v a_o epigram_n which_o have_v already_o appear_v in_o the_o place_n where_o you_o be_v but_o in_o a_o copy_n that_o deprave_v my_o sense_n in_o divers_a place_n and_o transpose_v my_o word_n almost_o throughout_o that_o which_o i_o now_o send_v you_o be_v the_o most_o uncorrupted_a and_o you_o may_v give_v it_o what_o title_n you_o please_v i_o will_v have_v make_v one_o that_o may_v have_v serve_v for_o a_o argument_n to_o the_o epigram_n not_o forget_v the_o sickness_n at_o fontain-bleau_a et_fw-la cum_fw-la post_fw-la gravissimum_fw-la illum_fw-la morbum_fw-la melius_fw-la se_fw-la haberet_fw-la eminentissimus_fw-la princeps_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o that_o you_o be_v no_o friend_n to_o asiaticall_a title_n for_o be_v not_o we_o bind_v to_o know_v all_o that_o happen_v to_o a_o person_n that_o preside_v at_o this_o day_n over_o the_o affair_n of_o europe_n who_o be_v so_o necessary_a to_o the_o general_a good_a of_o the_o world_n who_o etc._n etc._n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n letter_n xxiii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr john_n frederic_n gronovius_n sir_n be_v in_o the_o low_a country_n you_o be_v in_o the_o suburb_n of_o paris_n at_o least_o you_o be_v near_o than_o i_o to_o the_o true_a france_n i_o believe_v you_o upon_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o further_a almany_n neighbour_n to_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n and_o in_o suit_n or_o upon_o term_n of_o accord_n with_o he_o so_o that_o i_o shoot_v a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o league_n beyond_o the_o mark_n and_o perceive_v that_o he_o that_o cause_v i_o to_o write_v last_o year_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr gronovius_n cannon_n of_o hamburg_n be_v please_v to_o make_v himself_o sport_n with_o my_o pen_n and_o your_o name_n he_o impose_v upon_o i_o with_o a_o fable_n to_o draw_v a_o letter_n from_o i_o upon_o which_o i_o think_v he_o will_v neither_o find_v credit_n at_o the_o bank_n nor_o courtesy_n among_o the_o croate_n if_o he_o shall_v fall_v into_o their_o hand_n but_o i_o be_o sorry_a i_o have_v cause_n to_o complain_v of_o a_o man_n of_o your_o country_n and_o be_o constrain_v to_o ask_v what_o be_v become_v of_o the_o german_a candour_n and_o sincerity_n i_o beseech_v you_o let_v not_o this_o word_n scandalize_v you_o for_o at_o the_o same_o moment_n i_o answer_v myself_o that_o it_o be_v retire_v into_o your_o breast_n and_o though_o war_n shall_v have_v waste_v all_o though_o it_o shall_v suffer_v neither_o virtue_n nor_o civility_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n yet_o i_o be_o assure_v you_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v good_a in_o the_o general_a ruin_n of_o good_a manner_n you_o can_v love_v and_o oblige_v your_o friend_n with_o token_n of_o so_o ardent_a and_o passionate_a a_o remembrance_n that_o i_o shall_v be_v more_o cold_a and_o flinty_a than_o the_o rock_n of_o desert_n if_o i_o do_v not_o kindle_v at_o your_o fire_n and_o feel_v the_o point_n of_o your_o word_n i_o wish_v to_o god_n sir_n i_o be_v near_o to_o you_o to_o make_v a_o great_a benefit_n of_o my_o fortune_n and_o draw_v more_o profit_n from_o so_o advantageous_a a_o neighbourhood_n you_o have_v make_v a_o book_n de_fw-fr sestortiis_fw-la but_o i_o shall_v then_o begin_v to_o reckon_v by_o talent_n i_o shall_v flow_v in_o abundance_n on_o all_o hand_n and_o beside_o the_o natural_a riches_n of_o your_o wit_n you_o will_v entertain_v i_o with_o the_o treasure_n of_o antiquity_n i_o expect_v the_o promise_a titus_n livius_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o send_v you_o one_o of_o his_o child_n i_o mean_v my_o roman_a attend_v with_o some_o other_o treatise_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n they_o will_v demonstrate_v to_o you_o whether_o my_o soul_n be_v full_a of_o titus_n livius_n and_o if_o by_o his_o assistance_n i_o have_v frame_v a_o sufficient_o high_a idea_n of_o the_o ancient_a commonwealth_n i_o have_v write_v to_o paris_n to_o cause_v another_o discourse_n to_o be_v send_v you_o in_o which_o i_o conceive_v i_o have_v plead_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o people_n with_o all_o the_o respect_n that_o be_v due_a to_o the_o majesty_n of_o sovereign_n i_o have_v principal_o in_o it_o endeavour_v to_o avoid_v the_o style_n of_o a_o declamation_n for_o i_o can_v neither_o endure_v that_o orator_n shall_v be_v parasite_n or_o eloquence_n the_o slave_n of_o greatness_n malè_fw-la sit_fw-la illi_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la malè_fw-la audiunt_fw-la nostrae_fw-la deae_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la laudavimus_fw-la but_o i_o ask_v pardon_n of_o god_n for_o it_o in_o all_o the_o prayer_n i_o make_v to_o he_o and_o i_o think_v my_o repentance_n be_v effectual_a since_o my_o choler_n be_v stir_v even_o at_o the_o most_o just_a and_o lawful_a praise_n it_o will_v proceed_v so_o far_o as_o to_o suppress_v nazarius_n mamertinus_n latinus_n pacatus_n and_o many_o more_o if_o the_o adage_n of_o the_o doctor_n of_o rotterdam_n happen_v to_o be_v print_v again_o at_o leyden_n i_o entreat_v you_o to_o cause_v this_o to_o be_v insert_v for_o my_o sake_n as_o very_o a_o liar_n as_o a_o panegyric_n or_o a_o funeral_n oration_n i_o shall_v continue_v this_o discourse_n to_o you_o be_v not_o i_o throng_v with_o a_o crow_v of_o troublesome_a business_n that_o beset_v i_o on_o all_o side_n and_o enforce_v i_o to_o defer_v the_o rest_n to_o another_o time_n i_o be_o with_o all_o my_o soul_n sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n 7._o march_n 1644._o letter_n xxiiii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr belleveve_fw-mi villotreis_n counsellor_n to_o the_o king_n sir_n my_o cousin_n if_o i_o do_v not_o know_v you_o to_o be_v no_o less_o true_a than_o eloquent_a that_o excellent_a letter_n which_o you_o write_v i_o will_v make_v i_o suspect_v the_o cruelty_n of_o your_o gout_n not_o to_o be_v so_o extreme_a as_o you_o represent_v it_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o preserve_v the_o freedom_n of_o the_o mind_n amid_o the_o pain_n that_o besiege_v it_o and_o assault_v all_o its_o organ_n and_o to_o effect_v this_o the_o soul_n must_v be_v absolute_a mistress_n of_o the_o body_n and_o very_o much_o unloose_v from_o the_o matter_n but_o that_o 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non_fw-la tamen_fw-la invideo_fw-la miror_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la pulchram_fw-la haud_fw-la aliena_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la tua_fw-la gratulor_fw-la artem_fw-la qua_fw-la seium_n seiamque_fw-la &_o my_o tuearis_fw-la amice_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la adhuc_fw-la surgat_fw-la philarki_n ex_fw-la ossibus_fw-la hostess_fw-la the_o post_n of_o friday_n bring_v i_o news_n of_o our_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr peirarede_n who_o name_n be_v become_v so_o great_a that_o it_o have_v fill_v all_o paris_n and_o the_o celte_v begin_v to_o admire_v the_o aquitane_n or_o if_o you_o please_v to_o have_v it_o in_o another_o fashion_n and_o in_o the_o phrase_n of_o a_o poet_n the_o god_n of_o the_o seine_n be_v astonish_v to_o hear_v the_o sing_n of_o the_o muse_n of_o dordonne_v for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o whole_o ravish_v with_o their_o last_o composition_n and_o if_o bless_a soul_n can_v be_v recall_v with_o the_o charm_n of_o excellent_a verse_n i_o do_v not_o question_v but_o that_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o brezê_n will_v descend_v from_o heaven_n at_o the_o hear_n of_o these_o tu_fw-la nube_fw-la serena_fw-la stellato_n fulgens_fw-la apice_fw-la &_o radianto_fw-la coronâ_fw-la ad_fw-la tua_fw-la sacra_fw-la veni_fw-la quae_fw-la multo_fw-la regius_fw-la luctu_fw-la concelebrat_fw-la sacríque_fw-la chori_fw-la sanctúsque_fw-la senatus_n etc._n etc._n aspice_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gemens_fw-la ingenti_fw-la adfixa_fw-la feretro_fw-la horridaque_fw-la &_o laceris_fw-la luget_fw-la victoria_fw-la pennis_fw-la quae_fw-la quondam_a tua_fw-la castra_fw-la tuas_fw-la comitata_fw-la triremes_fw-mi hesperio_fw-la toties_fw-la mutas_fw-la dum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la pontum_fw-la deseruit_fw-la tua_fw-la signa_fw-la semel_fw-la nunc_fw-la caedis_fw-la acerbae_fw-la invidiam_fw-la lenire_fw-la velit_fw-la fatisque_fw-la malignis_fw-la imputat_fw-la infandaeque_fw-la excusat_fw-la crimina_fw-la cladis_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v you_o ever_o see_v any_o thing_n more_o noble_a and_o more_o pathetic_a than_o this_o poor_a victory_n afflict_v with_o the_o death_n of_o that_o brave_a duke_n what_o a_o sight_n it_o be_v to_o behold_v she_o with_o her_o robe_n tear_v and_o her_o wing_n break_v do_v penance_n for_o the_o fault_n whereof_o she_o conceive_v herself_o guilty_a to_o see_v her_o hang_n and_o as_o it_o be_v nail_v to_o that_o great_a hearse_n which_o she_o bathe_v with_o her_o tear_n she_o can_v be_v comfort_v for_o the_o misfortune_n arrive_v at_o orbitello_n and_o will_v ready_o lay_v the_o blame_n upon_o bad_a destiny_n she_o etc._n etc._n but_o i_o contain_v myself_o and_o you_o shall_v not_o know_v the_o rest_n unless_o you_o come_v to_o learn_v it_o here_o i_o expect_v you_o some_o day_n of_o the_o follow_a week_n and_o be_o passionate_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n dec._n 4._o 1646._o letter_n xxxii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr girard_n secretary_n to_o the_o late_a duke_n of_o espernon_n sir_n i_o send_v you_o the_o stanza_n which_o shame_v my_o memory_n in_o our_o last_o conversation_n and_o whereof_o i_o can_v repeat_v no_o more_o than_o the_o four_o first_o verse_n vhe_fw-it giova_fw-mi posseder_fw-mi cittadi_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la et_fw-la palagi_n habitar_n d'alto_n lavoro_n et_fw-la servi-intorno_a haver_n d'imperio_fw-la degni_fw-la et_fw-la l'archi_fw-la gravi_fw-la di_fw-it molto_fw-mi tesoro_fw-mi esser_fw-it cantate_fw-la da_fw-it sublimi_fw-la ingegni_fw-la dii_fw-la porpora_fw-la vestir_v mangiar_a in_o oro_fw-la et_fw-la di_fw-it bellezza_fw-it pareigiar_fw-mi il_fw-it sole_a giacendo_fw-la poi_fw-it nel_fw-it letto_fw-it tutto_fw-mi fredde_n &_o sole_a mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr frangipane_n recite_v this_o handsome_a stanze_n admirable_o and_o be_v wont_a to_o call_v it_o divine_a but_o as_o there_o be_v no_o divinity_n which_o do_v not_o meet_v with_o impious_a and_o sacrilegious_a person_n so_o i_o have_v see_v a_o grammarian_n that_o will_v not_o approve_v that_o the_o poet_n shall_v give_v robe_n of_o 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the_o court_n rome_n florence_n paris_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n so_o that_o we_o have_v a_o friend_n that_o be_v universal_o approve_v and_o france_n a_o author_n that_o deserve_v the_o praise_n of_o he_o that_o receive_v those_o of_o all_o the_o world_n i_o be_o passionate_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n jan._n 3._o 1640._o letter_n xxxiii_o to_z mounseur_fw-fr conrart_n counsellor_n and_o secretary_n to_o the_o king_n sir_n i_o have_v with_o delight_n survey_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o print_a piece_n which_o you_o do_v i_o the_o favour_n to_o send_v i_o but_o be_v there_o nothing_o else_o for_o i_o to_o read_v and_o be_v it_o not_o possible_a for_o i_o with_o your_o assistance_n to_o obtain_v the_o sight_n of_o some_o secret_a stanza_n whereof_o i_o have_v hear_v wonder_n they_o be_v of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr serisay_n make_n and_o you_o know_v he_o once_o love_v i_o a_o little_a as_o i_o have_v always_o a_o perfect_a esteem_n for_o he_o yet_o i_o dare_v not_o address_v to_o he_o in_o 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