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and lower egypt. 135
*c illustrissimam dominationem, meconfusio faciei
" mese prohibebal ; interim gratiosis suis favori-
" bus me perennice commendans persisto illustris-
" simaa dominationis suae humillimus in Cbristo
" servus,
" Fr. Josephus a Bavaria *."
If I had reason to complain of men who are fit
for no good purpose, to whatever part of the world
they are transported, and from whom I might,
nevertheless, have expected the simple marks of a
* Translation.
" Achnim, the Jth of July.
" As soon as the master of the boat arrives here, I will send
" him without delay to Farschout, because to serve your most
" illustrious lordship is, I will not say a duty, but an'honour.
" If your most illustrious lordship was not received with the
" honours due to your condition -f, it did not proceed from un-
" politeness on my part, but from chance, and a mistake J,
" for which I have demanded pardon before the interpreter xst
" his most illustrious lordship; and his innate goodness, as
« well as generositv, will not permit me to doubt that I have ob-
" tained it. If I did not come to present myself before your
" most illustrious lordship, the confusion with which mycoun-
" tenance ought to be covered, deprived me of the honour or
" the power of doing so. However, recommending myself
" earnestly to your favour, I am invariably of your most iilus-
" trious lordship, the very humble servant in Jesus Christ,
u Brother Joseph of Bavaria."
f I was not received at all.
J It was impossible for me to comprehend or to imagine a mistake in a
thing so clear and so simple.
k 4 civility^
*c illustrissimam dominationem, meconfusio faciei
" mese prohibebal ; interim gratiosis suis favori-
" bus me perennice commendans persisto illustris-
" simaa dominationis suae humillimus in Cbristo
" servus,
" Fr. Josephus a Bavaria *."
If I had reason to complain of men who are fit
for no good purpose, to whatever part of the world
they are transported, and from whom I might,
nevertheless, have expected the simple marks of a
* Translation.
" Achnim, the Jth of July.
" As soon as the master of the boat arrives here, I will send
" him without delay to Farschout, because to serve your most
" illustrious lordship is, I will not say a duty, but an'honour.
" If your most illustrious lordship was not received with the
" honours due to your condition -f, it did not proceed from un-
" politeness on my part, but from chance, and a mistake J,
" for which I have demanded pardon before the interpreter xst
" his most illustrious lordship; and his innate goodness, as
« well as generositv, will not permit me to doubt that I have ob-
" tained it. If I did not come to present myself before your
" most illustrious lordship, the confusion with which mycoun-
" tenance ought to be covered, deprived me of the honour or
" the power of doing so. However, recommending myself
" earnestly to your favour, I am invariably of your most iilus-
" trious lordship, the very humble servant in Jesus Christ,
u Brother Joseph of Bavaria."
f I was not received at all.
J It was impossible for me to comprehend or to imagine a mistake in a
thing so clear and so simple.
k 4 civility^