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<p rend="indent15" xml:id="par1">31. Iuly. 1727 –</p>
<p rend="indent5" xml:id="par2">Monsieur<space dim="vertical" extent="1" unit="lines"/></p>
<p rend="indent5" xml:id="par3">Ie me fis l'honneur il y a dix <lb xml:id="l1"/>jours de vous envoyer par la <lb xml:id="l2"/>voye de <choice><abbr>S.</abbr><expan>Son</expan></choice> Excellence <choice><abbr>Mon<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></abbr><expan>Monsieur</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l3"/>Walpole <del type="strikethrough">de vous envoyer</del> <del type="strikethrough">un</del> <lb xml:id="l4"/>les memoires touchant <add place="inline" indicator="no"><choice><abbr>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></abbr><expan>Monsieur</expan></choice></add> le Chevalier <lb xml:id="l5"/>Newton et selon ma promesse j'ay <lb xml:id="l6"/><add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">celuy de</add> vous envoyer ci jointe la reponse <lb xml:id="l7"/>du Docteur Halley, au <choice><abbr>R. P.</abbr><expan>Reverend Pere</expan></choice> Souciet <lb xml:id="l8"/>telle qu'elle va être <del type="strikethrough">imprimée</del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="no">publièe</add> dans <lb xml:id="l9"/>les transactions de la Societé <lb xml:id="l10"/>Royale, <del type="strikethrough">car quoique je me suis <lb xml:id="l11"/>hazardè de vous ecrire en francois <lb xml:id="l12"/>je</del> Ie serai dans une grande impatience <lb xml:id="l13"/>jusqu'à ce que je sache que le <lb xml:id="l14"/>paquet que je vous <add place="supralinear" indicator="no">ay</add> envoyé est <lb xml:id="l15"/>arrivé <space dim="horizontal" extent="5" unit="chars"/> si je <del type="strikethrough">vous peux</del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="no">puis vous</add> etre utile <lb xml:id="l16"/>ici en quelque autre chose je vous <lb xml:id="l17"/>suplie d<del type="strikethrough">e m'envoyer</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no">'honnorer de</add> vos ordres <lb xml:id="l18"/><del type="strikethrough">car je suis</del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="no">celuy qui est</add> avec un <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">très<hi rend="superscript">2</hi></add> sincere<hi rend="superscript">3</hi> respect<hi rend="superscript">1</hi></p>
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