2S4 IHL LliE dy 



** are diflinguifhed for courage ; dra'w not oil 

 *' them a difgrace to which they will be very 

 *' fenfible, and which will make them execrate 

 all who bear your name : be gallant then for 

 once, and give me the meeting to which I 

 have fo jull a claim. The more to induce 

 you to comply with my requeft, I promife, 

 by every thing facred, that if you give me 

 a rendezvous, from that moment, on my 

 part, all animofity Ihall ceafe; but if you 

 continue to refufe to fee me, and to fcreen 

 yourfelf from my juft vengeance, by fhutting 

 yourfelf up as you did at Rio de Janeiro, I 

 will expofe you by every poffible means on 

 your return to Europe, If it is the fear of 

 offending the laws of the country, or any 

 other etiquette, that prevents you from ac- 

 cepting the arrangement, Hill the bufmefs 

 may be dotie, and the guilt, (if there is any,) 

 attach to me alone ; you have only to ap- 

 pear publicly ; I will attack wherever I fee 

 you, were it even at the right hand of God I 

 ^' Surely you may defend yourfelf, 

 ** I am. Sir, 



** Your obedient humble fervant, 



" J. G. S. Lisle." 



** St. Salvador Lodiera de BTifericordey 

 C)th April, 1798. 



*' Eujign Mifickin^ on board the Invincible.** . 



The 



« 



C( 



<c 



(C 



« 

 Ct 

 r( 

 r< 

 cc 



<r 

 cc 



Cf 



(C 



