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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
be_v to_o my_o infinite_a contentment_n of_o this_o number_n and_o i_o have_v read_v it_o above_o a_o dozen_o time_n without_o tediousness_n you_o may_v have_v be_v a_o admirable_a author_n of_o politic_a discourse_n and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a loss_n that_o your_o subject_n have_v so_o much_o of_o fiction_n our_o entire_a history_n will_v not_o have_v cost_v you_o more_o pain_n than_o this_o small_a parcel_n of_o it_o which_o you_o endeavour_v to_o adorn_v with_o falsity_n and_o you_o may_v have_v instruct_v posterity_n instead_o of_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o you_o shall_v happy_o have_v time_n to_o divert_v they_o i_o will_v hope_v for_o satisfaction_n to_o my_o desire_n both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o from_o your_o pen._n and_o i_o require_v of_o you_o at_o least_o some_o conspiracy_n of_o catiline_n some_o jugurthine_n war_n or_o any_o other_o considerable_a member_n if_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o obtain_v the_o whole_a body_n the_o packet_n foâ—_n rome_n be_v not_o yet_o dispatch_v perhaps_o a_o fecond_v abbot_n de_fw-fr ret_n will_v appear_v to_o do_v we_o the_o like_a favour_n i_o beseech_v you_o to_o attend_v it_o with_o patience_n and_o not_o to_o believe_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n that_o my_o affection_n make_v i_o sick_a you_o understand_v my_o intention_n in_o this_o i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 16_o march_n 1638._o let._n viii_o sir_n the_o doctor_n that_o act_v hercules_n furens_fw-la in_o your_o presence_n and_o the_o pipe_n you_o advise_v he_o to_o moderate_v his_o violence_n with_o in_o the_o dispute_n be_v very_o fine_a device_n and_o which_o i_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o rob_v you_o of_o for_o one_o of_o the_o chapter_n of_o my_o bourbon_n but_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o dear_a ****_o shall_v become_v a_o impeacher_n of_o crime_n and_o a_o preyer_n upon_o confiscation_n and_o that_o he_o will_v live_v by_o the_o death_n of_o other_o certain_o after_o this_o honey_n must_v lose_v its_o sweetness_n for_o the_o taste_n of_o gall_n sheep_n must_v turn_v woolus_fw-la and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o nature_n be_v evert_v his_o only_a justification_n will_v be_v to_o allege_v that_o quid_fw-la non_fw-la mortalia_fw-la pectâ—ra_fw-la cogis_fw-la dira_fw-la fames_fw-la durisque_fw-la urgens_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la egestas_fw-la i_o can_v approve_v those_o foul_a and_o unhandsome_a course_n to_o sustain_v life_n this_o be_v not_o to_o want_v philosophy_n as_o you_o say_v it_o be_v to_o have_v no_o humanity_n but_o there_o be_v no_o redress_n for_o habitual_a and_o confirm_a malady_n such_o wretch_n have_v make_v a_o solemn_a vow_n to_o baseness_n at_o the_o court_n and_o be_v not_o any_o long_a capable_a of_o virtue_n honour_n or_o liberty_n therefore_o i_o entreat_v you_o let_v the_o dear_a ***_o know_v that_o i_o have_v no_o appetite_n to_o serve_v he_o in_o this_o affair_n and_o that_o i_o receive_v the_o proposition_n with_o honour_n which_o monsieur_n the_o commissary_n make_v i_o in_o his_o behalf_n it_o be_v better_a to_o betake_v himself_o to_o eat_v cheese_n and_o chestnut_n in_o the_o mountain_n of_o avergne_n then_o to_o enterprise_v such_o practice_n to_o subsist_v at_o court_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 29_o may_n 1637._o letter_n ix_o sir_n the_o letter_n of_o seigneur_n jean_n jaques_n have_v afford_v i_o extraordinary_a pleasure_n and_o i_o be_o oblige_v to_o your_o goodness_n for_o furnish_v i_o with_o such_o agreeable_a divertisâ—ments_n his_o manner_n of_o beg_v often_o bring_v to_o memory_n that_o of_o paulus_n jovius_n who_o yet_o use_v to_o demand_v with_o more_o confidence_n and_o carelessness_n than_o he_o i_o have_v read_v certain_a letter_n of_o he_o of_o that_o nature_n indeed_o admirable_a in_o their_o kind_n in_o some_o of_o they_o he_o protest_v that_o if_o the_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n do_v not_o cause_v his_o pension_n to_o be_v paâ—d_v he_o he_o will_v affirm_v that_o he_o be_v not_o of_o the_o race_n of_o godfrey_n who_o bestow_v the_o arch_a bishopwrick_a of_o tire_n upon_o a_o schoolmaster_n in_o other_o he_o desire_v two_o horse_n of_o the_o marquis_n of_o pescara_n and_o for_o that_o effect_n pray_v he_o to_o strike_v the_o earth_n with_o a_o little_a more_o force_n than_o neptune_n do_v in_o another_o to_o a_o lady_n his_o friend_n he_o beseech_v she_o to_o send_v he_o some_o preserve_v of_o naples_n for_o that_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v clâ—yed_v with_o his_o daily_a food_n of_o new_a lay_v egg_n etc._n etc._n although_o our_o friend_n have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o beg_v with_o so_o much_o variety_n yet_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v he_o will_v receive_v a_o sufficient_a dole_n if_o he_o to_o who_o he_o write_v procure_v he_o a_o canonship_n of_o verdun_n but_o i_o beseech_v you_o make_v i_o understand_v the_o reason_n of_o most_o illustrious_a which_o he_o give_v he_o be_v it_o because_o he_o have_v a_o suit_n to_o he_o and_o the_o italian_a policy_n have_v teach_v he_o in_o such_o case_n trattalo_fw-it di_fw-it master_fw-mi domine_fw-la dio_fw-mi etc._n etc._n the_o poet_n martial_n who_o be_v at_o least_o as_o poor_a as_o the_o orator_n jean-jacques_n term_n a_o roman_a lady_n his_o queen_n because_o she_o give_v he_o good_a new-year_n gift_n once_o a_o year_n and_o almost_o every_o day_n a_o dinner_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 10_o april_n 1638._o letter_n x._o sir_n i_o be_v surprise_v at_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o french_a gentleman_n and_o i_o assure_v you_o i_o can_v not_o own_v it_o till_o i_o have_v with_o much_o study_n recall_v the_o memory_n of_o thing_n long_o since_o past_a if_o i_o have_v comit_v sacrilege_n or_o a_o great_a crime_n if_o such_o can_v be_v i_o shall_v not_o conceal_v it_o from_o you_o and_o therefore_o be_o not_o at_o all_o scrupulous_a to_o confess_v that_o which_o be_v more_o pardonable_a and_o of_o less_o consequence_n it_o be_v true_a i_o be_o the_o author_n of_o that_o discourse_n which_o do_v not_o enough_o fear_n the_o thunder_n of_o rome_n and_o treat_v the_o holy_a inquisition_n with_o too_o little_a respect_n but_o it_o be_v likewise_o true_a that_o i_o compose_v it_o in_o holland_n without_o design_n of_o come_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o public_a by_o print_v and_o in_o a_o age_n that_o may_v be_v excuse_v for_o great_a fail_n therefore_o have_v pass_v the_o space_n of_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n it_o may_v well_o claim_v prescription_n against_o all_o sort_n of_o accuser_n since_o that_o time_n the_o whole_a face_n of_o christendom_n have_v be_v often_o change_v and_o all_o the_o earth_n renew_v the_o world_n than_o be_v not_o the_o world_n it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n and_o in_o truth_n the_o great_a heinsius_n can_v hope_v for_o much_o glory_n in_o flesh_v himself_o so_o unmerciful_o upon_o balzac_n in_o his_o infancy_n and_o triumph_v with_o his_o gray_a hair_n over_o a_o youth_n of_o seventeen_o year_n old_a and_o who_o as_o then_o have_v no_o beard_n his_o cruelty_n have_v be_v 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o_o unworthy_a that_o disâ—nters_v the_o dead_a i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15._o octob._n 1638._o letter_n xi_o sir_n let_v we_o never_o mention_v the_o it_o be_v the_o shame_n and_o ignominy_n of_o the_o french_a name_n it_o be_v a_o day_n the_o roman_n will_v have_v term_v scelerata_fw-la &_o we_o must_v call_v it_o curse_v it_o be_v fit_a posterity_n detest_v it_o or_o rather_o never_o hear_v of_o it_o and_o that_o we_o raze_v it_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a from_o among_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o by_o jove_n command_n out_o of_o old_a time_n record_n let_v the_o three_o sister_n raze_v it_o nor_o afford_v its_o name_n a_o place_n among_o thing_n past_a and_o do_v there_o be_v some_o people_n only_a instrument_n of_o ill_a luck_n in_o who_o hand_n the_o most_o advantageous_a
good_a and_o this_o be_v not_o call_v write_v in_o latin_a you_o understand_v this_o truth_n before_o i_o but_o will_v not_o declare_v it_o so_o free_o it_o be_v no_o new_a observation_n to_o you_o that_o as_o there_o be_v confident_a and_o furious_a fool_n in_o the_o gaâ—be_n of_o wiseman_n so_o there_o be_v also_o sententious_a absurdity_n that_o carry_v the_o appearance_n of_o aphorism_n the_o world_n be_v most_o frequent_o impose_v upon_o by_o such_o false_a lightning_n and_o i_o can_v affirm_v if_o to_o avoid_v be_v of_o the_o deceive_a world_n it_o suffice_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o academy_n i_o be_o infinite_o please_v with_o the_o new_a acquisition_n it_o have_v make_v of_o the_o philosopher_n he_o be_v in_o truth_n a_o gallant_a person_n and_o be_v not_o deficient_a of_o conceit_n and_o invention_n though_o he_o serve_v himself_o most_o common_o of_o that_o of_o other_o i_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o other_o reception_n which_o be_v make_v on_o the_o same_o day_n lest_o i_o shall_v seem_v to_o disparage_v the_o judgement_n of_o my_o superior_n and_o to_o give_v too_o much_o liberty_n to_o my_o own_o there_o be_v some_o book_n and_o some_o wit_n which_o he_o can_v endure_v he_o will_v suppress_v two_o three_o of_o all_o library_n and_o the_o moiety_n of_o university_n a_o person_n of_o such_o savage_a melancholy_n shall_v never_o dream_v of_o come_v abroad_o out_o of_o his_o retirement_n and_o the_o pleasure_n which_o he_o take_v in_o despise_v all_o thing_n aught_o to_o restrain_v his_o desire_n of_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 4_o janu._n 1639._o letter_n ii_o sir_n the_o ambitious_a thought_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr in_o my_o behalf_n and_o the_o glorious_a offer_n he_o many_o time_n propose_v to_o you_o can_v but_o give_v you_o strange_a apprehension_n of_o he_o you_o must_v excuse_v the_o heat_n of_o his_o zeal_n and_o make_v yourself_o pleasant_a with_o all_o his_o splendid_a promise_n without_o 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roman_n there_o shall_v be_v perhaps_o a_o little_a book_n divide_v into_o several_a chapter_n for_o the_o better_a consideration_n of_o the_o part_n and_o when_o that_o be_v finish_v i_o must_v bethink_v myself_o of_o another_o design_n for_o i_o have_v a_o work_n in_o my_o head_n which_o i_o intend_v to_o entitle_v entertainment_n and_o shall_v be_v of_o a_o more_o concise_a and_o less_o oratoriall_a style_n but_o yet_o such_o as_o shall_v not_o be_v less_o graceful_a and_o please_a to_o authorise_v the_o title_n i_o have_v the_o example_n of_o two_o author_n that_o have_v pass_v before_o i_o namely_o monsieur_n the_o bishop_n of_o geneva_n and_o our_o dear_a mounseur_fw-fr bardin_n who_o impose_v this_o name_n upon_o some_o of_o their_o work_n it_o will_v suit_v exact_o with_o my_o book_n it_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o abridgement_n and_o extract_n of_o all_o the_o conversation_n i_o have_v have_v with_o yourself_o and_o other_o choice_a person_n i_o shall_v therein_o discourse_v either_o with_o my_o friend_n or_o concern_v they_o and_o i_o think_v that_o disinterressed_a commerce_n ought_v to_o be_v more_o approve_v by_o they_o than_o letter_n of_o compliment_n which_o almost_o ever_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n i_o renew_v my_o former_a resolution_n and_o renounce_v they_o this_o last_o time_n more_o solemn_o than_o ever_o therefore_o dear_a sir_n oblige_v i_o by_o forbear_v to_o press_v i_o further_o thereunto_o and_o remember_v that_o for_o all_o other_o except_o you_o i_o be_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o passionate_o at_o balzac_n sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 8_o feb._n 1639._o letter_n iu._n sir_n i_o be_o not_o at_o all_o dismay_v at_o the_o digression_n which_o you_o be_v please_v to_o call_v terrible_a the_o ticket_n of_o other_o man_n seem_v tedious_a unto_o i_o but_o shall_v you_o write_v i_o whole_a volume_n i_o shall_v account_v they_o short_a and_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o complain_v that_o you_o dispense_v your_o favour_n so_o liberal_o 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doubt_n he_o have_v do_v injury_n to_o the_o reputation_n of_o that_o great_a prince_n not_o to_o say_v that_o he_o have_v scandalize_v his_o memory_n in_o truth_n he_o do_v deserve_v to_o have_v be_v tell_v at_o his_o descend_v from_o the_o chair_n o_o indignum_fw-la fatum_fw-la principis_fw-la tui_fw-la bis_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la semel_fw-la per_fw-la morbum_fw-la iterum_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o feb._n 1639._o let._n v._n sir_n you_o write_v i_o the_o most_o pleasant_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n concern_v the_o great_a and_o lesser_a deity_n and_o the_o array_n as_o varro_n place_v they_o in_o st._n augustine_n be_v nothing_o comparable_a to_o you_o i_o esteem_v it_o but_o without_o any_o benefit_n or_o advantage_n and_o since_o all_o the_o calamity_n those_o little_a god_n can_v send_v we_o be_v only_o metaphorical_a i_o continue_v in_o the_o term_n of_o my_o last_o letter_n and_o be_o resolve_v to_o be_v irreligious_a rather_o 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and_o unbiased_a judgement_n perhaps_o we_o spend_v a_o whole_a day_n in_o the_o elaborate_n of_o one_o period_n and_o when_o we_o have_v distil_v our_o brain_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o a_o discourse_n which_o may_v possible_o be_v a_o masterpiece_n of_o art_n they_o will_v believe_v they_o high_o favour_v we_o in_o say_v there_o be_v true_o some_o pretty_a thing_n in_o it_o &_o the_o language_n be_v not_o bad_a a_o man_n have_v better_o devote_v himself_o to_o sleep_v than_o to_o tire_v himself_o in_o such_o unprofitable_a elucubration_n and_o i_o free_o pardon_v that_o brave_a person_n the_o resentment_n which_o he_o testify_v against_o the_o muse_n upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n item_fw-la leves_fw-la nugae_fw-la sterilesque_fw-la valete_fw-la camaenae_fw-la item_fw-la sit_v est_fw-la primos_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la assumpsimus_fw-la annos_fw-la i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n balzac_n 15_o march_n 1639._o let._n vii_o sir_n this_o paper_n serve_v only_o to_o accuse_v the_o slow_a 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