After having conferred with him on public affairs, I reckon on being able to treat with him respecting my own, and be my own ambassador.

I have reproached this prince by letter with his shameful flight from our country.

I shall make him the same reproaches, face to face, and _viva voce_.

In thus using _my own_ liberty and his patience, I shall avenge at once Italy, the empire, and my own person.

At my return I shall bury myself in a solitude so profound that toil and envy will not be able to find me out.