Paris, 19 mai 1746

J'ai vu aujourd'hui [Phélizot at the Hôpital général; according to him the author of the libelis Roy, author of ballets, Les Sens, Les Grâces, Les Eléments; he has dared to call the duc de Richelieu a greyhound, and the marquise Du Châtelet a goat; he has already been imprisoned at Saint-Lazare at the request of the academicians; Voltaire hopes that the police will punish him severely and quietly, and save him] le chagrin d'une procédure criminelle qui me ferait perdre un temps précieux que je dois consacrer uniquement à écrire l'histoire des glorieuses actions de sa majesté.