[c. April 1774]

S^r,

I some time since receiv'd the honour of an English Couplet from you in return for my Translation of your Tragedy of Les Scythes.
Be assur'd that I shall ever esteem such a Mark of your good opinion to me as a more valuable Relict than any that either your Country or France could produce.

There has lately appear'd here two authentic Volumes of Letters by the late Earl of Chesterfield in which some outlines of your Character are faithfully delineated. As his sentiments intirely correspond with my own you will excuse my taking this liberty of presenting them to you. V: Micromegas 305 2^d Vol: