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Aving heard by the report of many Merchants of this City, the good offices that you have daily performed towards them of our Nation, and particularly our fellow Citizens, who all unanimouly much commend your affection, and ingular care to protect and defend them; We thought our duty to return to you by thee lines, a thouand thanks, and that the more affection, for that your curteie, and not their merits, carried you to all thoe good offices, of which they and we hall ever keep a perpetuall memory, to render you any acknowledgment when occaion hall be offered, and give you a tetimony by our ervices, that you have not cat your eed upon barren ground: In the mean time, Sir, we beeech you, be pleaed to continue to us the honour of your friendhip, and effects of your favor, as we hall deire in all emergent occaion to tetifie t hatthat [sic] we are really,

Sir, Your mot affectionate Servants, the Conuls, Governors of the City of Mareillis.

Monthouliau [sic], Francis Nappollon [sic], Du Pont. From Mareillis this 24. of Augut. 1632.