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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete - Montaigne, Michel de · 80 words
MONSIEUR, DE MONTAIGNE, Inasmuch as I hold in great esteem your fidelity and zealous devotion to my service, it has been a pleasure to me to learn that you have been chosen mayor of my town of Bordeaux. I have had the agreeable duty of confirming the selection, and I did so the more willingly, seeing that it was made during your distant absence; wherefore it is my desire, and I require and command you expressly that you proceed without.
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