\"Woulditwerenow，mybrother，\"washisanswer。\"ItisnowthreedayssinceIhavebeeneagertotakemydeparture。\"
Beinginthisextremity，hefrequentlycalledme，merelytosatisfyhimthatIwasathisside。Atlength，hecomposedhimselfalittletorest，whichstrengthenedourhopes;somuchso，indeed，thatIlefttheroom，andwenttorejoicethereuponwithMademoiselledelaBoetie。But，anhourorsoafterwards，hecalledmebynameonceortwice，andthenwithalongsighexpiredatthreeo’clockonWednesdaymorning，the18thAugust1563，havinglivedthirty—twoyears，ninemonths，andseventeendays。\"
II。
ToMonseigneur，MonseigneurdeMONTAIGNE。
[ThisletterisprefixedtoMontaigne’stranslationofthe\"NaturalTheologyofRaymonddeSebonde，printedatParisin1569。]