Thy Miser [Voltaire, now gone to Berlin, of whom Jordan is to send news, as of all things else], thy Miser shall drink to the lees of his insatiable desire (SIC) to enrich himself: he shall have the 3,000 thalers (450 pounds).

He was with me six days: that will be at the rate of 500 thalers (75 pounds) a day.

That is paying dear for one's merry-andrew (C'EST BIEN PAYER UN FOU); never had court-fool such wages before." [Ib.
xvii.72.Particulars of the money-payment (travelling expenses chiefly, rather exorbitant, and THIS journey added to the list; and no whisper of the considerable Van-Duren moneys, and copyright of ANTI-MACHIAVEL, in abatement) are in Rodenbeck, i.27.Exact sum paid is 3,300 thalers; 2,000 a good while ago, 1,300 at this time, which settles the greedy bill.] Which latter, also at first hand, shows us the seamy side.

And here, finally, with date happily appended, is a poetic snatch, in Voltaire's exquisite style, which with the response gives us the medium view:-- VOLTAIRE'S ADIEU (_"Billet de Conge,_ 2 December, 1740").
"Non, malgre vos vertus, non, malgre vos appas, Mon ame n'est point satisfaite; Non, vous n'etes qu'une coquette, Qui subjuguez les coeurs, et ne rous donnez pas." FRIEDRICH'S RESPONSE.
"Mon ame sent le prix de vos divins appas; Mais ne presumez point qu'elle soit satisfaite.
Traitre, vous me quittez pour suivre une coquette; Moi je ne vous quitterais pas." [_OEuvres de Frederic_ (xiv.

167); _OEuvres de Voltaire;_ &c.