[10 Mars 1729]
Noli amico tuo erranti amplius scribere quia ad te quam primum properabit, prius quam in Lutetia latere possim, in uno e vicinis pagis stabo aliquot dies.
In all likelood, j will stay at st Germain, and there j intend to arrive before the fifteenth, therefore if you love me be ready to meet me in the place against the first call. You may borrow a chaise from your Nossé ex Timonis familia oriundo, and steal away with your old friend for three or four days. Primitias veris in alter utrius que sine fruemur, et sacra amicitiæ vincula stringemus. Farewell. Be healthy, expect me and love me.