\"SIRE，——YourMajestyhasgivenmesuchassuranceofyourgoodnessandyourfriendship，thatIwillnowappealtothatpromise。
Youhaveassuredus，too，thatyouwouldwithpleasurecontributetosecurePolandforus。Themomentiscomeforaccomplishingthatpromise。TheKingisdead[diedthisveryday；seeif_I_losetimeinsentimentallamentations！]——withhimthesegrievancesofRussia[ourstiffnessonCourlandandthelike]mustbeextinct；
theratheraswe[thenowreigning]willlendourselveswillinglytoeverythingthatcanberequiredofusforperfectreconcilementwiththatPower。
\"Youcandoall，ifyouwillit；youcancontributetothisreconcilement。Youcanrenderitfavorabletous。Youwill，givemethatproofoftheflatteringsentimentsIhavebeensoproudofhitherto，\"——won’tyou，now？\"Russiacannotdisapprovethemediationyoumightdeigntoofferonthatbehalf；——ourintentionsbeingsohonestlyamicable，andallgroundofcontroversyhavingdiedwiththelateKing。Russiareconciled，ourviewsonthePolishCrownmightatoncebedeclared（ECLATER）。\"Oh，doit，yourMajesty；——\"mygratitudeshallonlyendwithlife！——M。A。\"[OEuvresdeFrederic，xxiv。47。]
Friedrich，whoisbusynegotiatinghisTreatywithRussia（perfected11thAprilnext），andunderstandsthattheywillmeannottohaveaSaxon，buttohaveaPiast，andperhapsdimlyevenwhatPiast（StanislausPoniatowski，theEMERITUSLover），whowillbetheirown，andnotSaxony’satall，——musthavebeenalittleembarrassedbysuchanappealfromhisfairfriendatthismoment。