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friend_n himself_o have_v write_v they_o if_o you_o have_v be_v the_o king_n and_o he_o the_o secretary_n if_o i_o be_v not_o deceive_v this_o stile_n will_v bring_v a_o cool_n upon_o the_o joy_n of_o and_o make_v they_o see_v they_o have_v at_o least_o mistake_v one_o word_n for_o another_o and_o that_o the_o absence_n of_o have_v not_o be_v a_o discharge_n of_o his_o authority_n but_o only_o a_o breathe_n from_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o charge_n i_o be_o wrestle_v still_o with_o and_o prepare_v you_o a_o after-dinner_n recreation_n which_o i_o will_v bring_v myself_o to_o bordeaux_n if_o you_o stay_v there_o till_o the_o next_o month_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n since_o you_o desire_v new_a assurance_n of_o my_o fidelity_n i_o swear_v unto_o you_o with_o all_o the_o religion_n of_o oath_n and_o with_o all_o the_o liberty_n and_o sincerity_n of_o the_o golden_a age_n that_o i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n to_z mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr nawe_fw-mi counsellor_n of_o the_o king_n in_o his_o first_o chamber_n of_o inquest_n letter_n viii_o sir_n my_o dear_a cousin_n your_o nobleness_n be_v not_o of_o these_o time_n but_o you_o be_v generous_a after_o the_o old_a fashion_n to_o call_v the_o pain_n i_o put_v you_o to_o a_o favour_n and_o to_o thank_v a_o man_n for_o persecute_v you_o this_o be_v a_o virtue_n which_o orestes_n and_o pylades_n perhaps_o know_v but_o be_v now_o no_o where_o to_o be_v find_v but_o either_o in_o old_a fable_n or_o in_o your_o letter_n the_o offer_v you_o make_v i_o do_v not_o so_o much_o give_v i_o a_o possession_n as_o confirm_v i_o in_o it_o and_o assure_v i_o the_o durableness_n of_o a_o happiness_n which_o want_v nothing_o of_o be_v perfect_a but_o be_v durable_a mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr have_v stretch_v his_o belief_n yet_o further_o he_o have_v tell_v i_o of_o your_o come_n into_o this_o province_n and_o have_v promise_v i_o at_o lest_o some_o hour_n of_o those_o grand_a day_n that_o bring_v you_o hither_o if_o they_o be_v as_o 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1634._o to_z mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr motte_n le_fw-fr voyer_fw-fr letter_n ix_o sir_n i_o be_o go_v from_o paris_n in_o haste_n and_o carry_v with_o i_o the_o grief_n that_o i_o can_v stay_v to_o tell_v you_o in_o how_o great_a account_n i_o hold_v the_o offer_v you_o make_v i_o of_o your_o friendship_n if_o this_o be_v the_o price_n of_o so_o poor_a a_o merchandise_n as_o that_o i_o send_v you_o never_o be_v man_n a_o great_a gainer_n by_o traffike_v than_o i_o and_o you_o seem_v in_o this_o not_o unlike_o those_o indian_n who_o think_v to_o overreach_v the_o spaniard_n by_o give_v they_o gold_n for_o glass_n i_o have_v long_o since_o know_v your_o great_a worth_n though_o you_o will_v not_o be_v know_v to_o have_v such_o worth_n in_o you_o all_o the_o care_n you_o can_v take_v to_o hide_v the_o beauty_n of_o your_o life_n can_v keep_v the_o lustre_n of_o it_o from_o dazzle_v my_o eye_n and_o though_o you_o make_v your_o virtue_n a_o secret_a yet_o i_o have_v pierce_v into_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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