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to messire antoine du prat, provost of paris.

to monsieur, monsieur de lansac, knight of the king’s order, privy councillor, subcontroller of his finance, and captain of the cent gardes of his household.

to monsieur, monsieur de mesmes, seigneur de roissy and malassize, privy councillor to the king.

to monsieur, monsieur de l’hospital, chancellor of france.

to monsieur, monsieur de foix, privy councillor, and ambassador of his majesty to the signory of venice.

to mademoiselle, mademoiselle de montaigne, my wife.

to madame de grammont, comtesse de guissen.

to the jurats of bordeaux.

to monseigneur, monseigneur de nantouillet, councillor to the king.

memorial of montaigne, mayor of bordeaux, and of his jurats, addressed to the king of navarre, on different subjects interesting that same town.

to the marechal de matignon.

to monsieur, monsieur dupuy, the king’s councillor in his court and parliament of paris, at xaintes.

to mm, the jurats of the town of bordeaux.

to the marechal de matignon.

to the jurats of bordeaux.

to the marechal de matignon.

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to the jurats of bordeaux.

to the marechal de matignon.

to mademoiselle paulmier.

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The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne

Life and Letters of Montaigne with Notes and Index, vol. 10

ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE

LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE

To the Jurats of Bordeaux.

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Michel de Montaigne de Montaigne, Michel 1585 XXVIII

To the Jurats of Bordeaux.

Messieurs,—I have found here news of you transmitted through M. le Marechal. I will not spare either my life or anything else for your service, and will leave it to you to judge whether what I may do for you at the forthcoming

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election is worth the risk of going into the town, seeing the bad state it is in, particularly for people coming away from so fine an air as I do. I will draw as near to you on Wednesday as I can, that is, to Feuillas, if the malady has not reached that place, where, as I wrote to M. de la Motte, I shall be very pleased to have the honor of seeing one of you to take your directions, and relieve myself of the credentials, which M. le Marechal will give me for you all: commending myself hereupon humbly to your good graces, and praying God to grant you, Messieurs, long and happy life. From Libourne, the 30th July 1585. Your humble servant and brother,

MONTAIGNE.

To the Jurats of Bordeaux.