EPISTLE.

JESTY Completes the word "Majesty" (Majesté) from the previous page's catchword. honors You. May God be pleased to pro-
long your days for the service of the King, &
of the State, & for the good of those Persons, whom
You honor with your Benevolence. I hope
that You will be pleased to grant me some
part in it, and accept the profound respect with
which I have the honor to be,

SIR,

YOUR EXCELLENCY’S,

At Berlin, March 6, 1734.

Most humble & most obe-

dient Servant,

DE BEAUSOBRE.

Isaac de Beausobre (1659–1738) was a prominent French Protestant (Huguenot) pastor and ecclesiastical historian who fled to Berlin to escape religious persecution. He became a significant intellectual figure at the court of Frederick William I of Prussia.

Vocabulary: Epistle, Majesty, King, State, Excellence, Berlin, De Beausobre