The Essays of Montaigne — Complete

Project Gutenberg's The Essays of Montaigne, Complete, by Michel de Montaigne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Complete Author: Michel de Montaigne Release Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3600] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, COMPLETE *** Produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 CONTENTS PREFACE THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE I. To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE II. To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE. III. To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC, To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, IV. Privy V. To Monsieur, Monsieur de L'HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, to the Signory of VI. Venice. VII. To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife. VIII. To Monsieur DUPUY, IX. To the Jurats of Bordeaux. X. To the same. XI. To the same. XII. XIII. To Mademoiselle PAULMIER. XIV. To the KING, HENRY IV. XV. To the same. XVI. To the Governor of Guienne. BOOK THE FIRST THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE CHAPTER I SAME END.