Citizen of Geneva
To
Christophe de Beaumont
Archbishop of Paris,
Duke of St. Cloud,
Peer of France,
Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit
Patron of the Sorbonne, etc.
Da veniam si quid liberius dixi, non ad contumeliam tuam, sed ad defensionem meam. Praesumsi enim de gravitate et prudentiâ tua, quia potes considerare quantam mihi respondendi necessitatem imposueris.
Aug. Epis. 238 ad Pascent.1
At Amsterdam
By Marc Michel Rey
1763