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not_o to_o impose_v more_o honourable_a employment_n upon_o i_o for_o your_o service_n howsoever_o it_o happen_v sir_n or_o how_o bad_o soever_o i_o be_v entreat_v i_o be_o determine_v to_o continue_v resolute_a in_o well-doing_n and_o your_o majesty_n may_v be_v most_o assure_v that_o neither_o time_n which_o afford_v occasion_n to_o the_o most_o miserable_a to_o raise_v their_o fortune_n nor_o place_n often_o favour_v their_o resentment_n nor_o necessity_n which_o cause_v their_o action_n to_o seem_v just_a shall_v ever_o transport_v i_o from_o remain_v with_o the_o same_o affection_n i_o ever_o have_v do_v to_o be_v sir_n your_o most_o humble_a most_o obedient_a and_o most_o faithful_a subject_n and_o servant_n espernon_n from_o pent_n de_fw-fr vichij_fw-la the_o 7._o of_o february_n 1619._o another_o letter_n from_o the_o duke_n of_o espernon_n to_o the_o french_a king_n pen_v by_o the_o same_o balzac_n letter_n xx._n sir_n if_o your_o majesty_n have_v misconceive_v my_o 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