Letter 172 — CLXXII
Original French
Gubin, le 20 juin 1812.
Je ne vois pas d’inconvénient à ce que tu ailles à Milan, près de la vice-reine. Tu feras bien d’aller incognito. Tu auras bien chaud. Ma santé est fort bonne. Eugène se porte et se conduit bien. Ne doute jamais de mon intérêt et de mon amitié.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean English translated from the French of the 172 Napoleon letters selected from Tancrède Martel, ed., Œuvres littéraires de Napoléon Bonaparte, tome 1 (Albert Savine, Paris, 1888). French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The transcription is CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; this adapted text and translations are shared under the same license. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes; selected transcription repairs were checked against print images.
Gubin, June 20, 1812.
I see no objection to your going to Milan to be near the vicereine. You would do well to travel incognito. You will be very hot. My health is very good. Eugène is well and conducting himself well. Never doubt my concern and my friendship.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation from the 1888 Martel French edition, not a historical English translation. French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The adapted transcription and translation are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes and makes documented transcription repairs. French-source model review is not human specialist certification or a complete scan collation.
Gubin, June 20, 1812.
I see no objection to your visiting the vicereine in Milan. It would be wise to go incognito. You will find it very hot. I am in excellent health. Eugène is well and conducting himself well. You must never question my concern and affection.
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