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

N. 422 ii. allgemeiner und gelehrter briefwechsel 1701–1702 731
Je vous prie tresheumblement de me pardonner si je vous ecris à l’hate. Je suppliray
autre fois aus defauts, et avec toute la passion je suis 〈...〉
422. ANDREW FOUNTAINE AN LEIBNIZ
Wien, 14. Januar 1702. [395. 436.]
Überlieferung: K Abfertigung: LBr. 279 Bl. 7–8. 1 Bog. 4 o . 4 S. — Gedr.: Kemble, Corre- 5
spondence, 1857, S. 260 f.
Vienna. 14. Jan. 170 2
I am extremely obliged to you for your recommendations of me hitherto, and I
dont in the least doubt but those kind things you have said of me in your letter to
Maliabecchi will obtain a favourable reception for me, as coming from a man of your 10
character, though I dont at all deserve ’em. After often writing I have obtained the
enclosed papers concerning our Insurance offices, and the Friend that sent ’em to me,
promised at the same time that if you had any queries or objections to make, that he
would answer ’em to your satisfaction. The price of insuring the houses will alter in
proportion to the goodnesse of your security, the interest you are able to make of your 15
money and the value of your houses etc., but those things will all naturally occur to one
of your learning and judgement.
I wrote a fortnight agoe to Mad le Pelnitz, and gave my opinion, I fear, a little too
freely of this court; I must desire you to beg my pardon of that faire Lady, if she is angry
at the satyre, or stile of my last letter. I long to heare that the Queen of Prussia is got to 20
Hannover; for as I wish all happynesse to that family, I am of opinion that the presence
of that good Queen will contribute much towards it.
I was, according to your desire, to wait upon P. Menegatti; he had an account of the
same thing before, but he was very glad to hear of your wellfare; he is one of the most
Zu N. 422: K antwortet auf N. 395, wurde durch P. Plantamour übermittelt (vgl. N. 436) und hatte
als Beilage die Z. 11 f. erwähnten Unterlagen über Feuerversicherungen. 9 letter: N. 397. 12 papers:
vgl. N. 371 Erl. 12 Friend: nicht identifiziert; neben E. Thwaites (vgl. N. 410) hatte Fountaine noch
andere Bekannte um eine entsprechende Sendung gebeten. 23 desire: vgl. N. 395. 23 f. the same
thing: den Schiedsspruch des Kangxi-Kaisers, vgl. ebd.
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