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Leibniz, Akademie-Ausgabe, Bd. I, 20 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ...

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N. 382 ii. allgemeiner und gelehrter briefwechsel 1701–1702 667<br />

aussi bien que dans leur capacitè, et des gens qui veulent et qui savent raisonér (car<br />

hormis Mons r Malbranche et 2 ou 3 autres on trouve fort peu ici). Je souhais que Vous<br />

me honoriez des Vos orderes pour les portér à eux. Je Vous prie de ne tardér pas, car<br />

je ne voudrois pas perdre du temps pendant que je suis ici. M r Crusen m’a ecrit une<br />

lettere où il fait [mention] de Mons r 〈Balusius〉 come d’un s a v a n t M o n s i e u r , 5<br />

et qui tient correspon[dence — — —] Hanover, mais je ne l’ay encore v[eu; je] souhait<br />

Vos [—] particulieres à des personnes distingués ne me voullant point obtruder sur eux.<br />

J’aurois envoyè à Vous une extrait della relatione qu’on m’a envoyè d’Ecosse al egard<br />

de ce gentilhome italien il y a quelque temp[,] si j’aurois seu votre adresse de ce lieu ici<br />

coment Vous ecrire plus convenement et avec sureté: pourtant pour donnér conte de ma 10<br />

diligence à S. A. E. aussi bien qu’à ce Monsieur, je m’en vois Vous transmetre mot à mot<br />

ce qu’en on m’a ecrit esperant que Vous l’expliquerez à ce Monsieur avec mes baisemens<br />

à ce que Vous trouvez occasione. C’êt de Monsieur le frere ainé del Evêque de Salisbury<br />

qui m’ecrit ici alla fin du mois de september passé. this is ane tyme (being the vacance)<br />

in which all persones are in there cuntrey houses and waiting upon there harvest, so that 15<br />

I could nather get M r Wishan nor S r James Dalrimple tho I think they might both have<br />

given me some help. But to show you I am never carelesse of any thing you take so much<br />

concerne in I went to S r Alexander Seaton of Pitmedden Who was a lord of the sessione<br />

in the former government and is intimat with the Earle of Winton who is indoubtedly<br />

the head of the famely[,] And not Seaton the Earle of Dumforling who was the Earle of <strong>20</strong><br />

Winton’s 2 d brother; Besyds Dumforling was not made ane Earle till the 1600 year of<br />

God: so that your Franciscus who died 1495 could not come of Seaton of the family of<br />

Dumforling, since he died 100 years before that family was extant. My Lord Pitmedden<br />

had ane old manuscript of the family of the Seatons And was at the paines to read it over<br />

in his bibliotheque, but could find nothing of what I was enquyring, tho he thinks he might 25<br />

come of a branch of the famely called Parbroth who was a brother of the Lord Seatons<br />

[i[.] e. b a r o , devant qu[’]i[l] fut fait c o m e s ] and of whom many famelys are come,<br />

Bot he told me he should goe on purpose to the housse [i[.] e[.] le chatteau] of Seaton<br />

where there are 3 or 4 trees of the famely and of the severall branches and famelies that<br />

4 Crusen: Chr. B. Crusen. 5 〈Balusius〉: E. Baluze(?). 9 gentilhome italien: G. de Sitonis.<br />

Zur Problematik der de Sitonis-Genealogie und <strong>Leibniz</strong>’ Vermittlung vgl. N. 26. 13 frere ainé . . .<br />

Salisbury: der königliche Leibarzt Thomas Burnet. 16 Wishan: nicht identifiziert. 19 Earle of<br />

Winton: G. Seton, Fourth Earl of Winton. <strong>20</strong> Seaton . . . Dumforling: Alexander Seton, First Earl<br />

of Dunfermline. <strong>20</strong> f. Earle . . . brother: R. Seton, First Earl of Winton. 21 1600 year: vielmehr<br />

1596. 26 Parbroth: nicht identifiziert.<br />

29. 11. <strong>20</strong>06

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