Giuseppe Tartini - Lettere e documenti / Pisma in dokumenti / Letters and Documents - Volume / Knjiga / Volume II

417 LETTERS boundary, we already agree; and this is, in each system, established in the sextuple. It remains to be seen in which of the two systems it is determined with greater science and precision independently of perception; and in which of the two systems is the ratio 1/5:1/7 that first exceeds the sextuple (and likewise 1/6:1/7), which is better, or rather solely, determined and explained in accordance with its own intrinsic nature, both with regard to the system and with regard to the effect and perception. Meanwhile, I have fully obtained from Your Most Illustrious Lordship my purpose, and I thank you with all my heart. Please submit to me your paper and mine, so that after our examination I can moderate myself better in my dissertation, in which I shall admit nothing but the certain things; and having done it again, I shall submit it to you in due time. I am presently in the city and do not believe I shall return to the countryside again. I remember my commitment, and I believe that in a few days I shall be within reach of satisfying it. One thousand embraces all in one: my regards to the Most Illustrious Signor Eliano, and I always remain Your Most Illustrious Lordship’s most humble, devoted and obliged servant Giuseppe Tartini Padua, 30 September 1756 133. Tartini to G.B. Martini By Signor Giuseppe Guadagni I am assured not so much of Your Reverence’s usual kindness towards me, which I cannot doubt, having had such evidence of it and in great quantity, but rather of the printing carried out of your history of music: 84 a book eagerly awaited by myself and others. May God be thanked for this, as He has driven Your Reverence to this feat and has given you the talent, means and patience to reach its completion. It is easy to imagine how impatient I am to have it, but Your Reverence has not one, but one thousand reasons to delay its distribution until the reply from Spain. I entreat you therefore to take the appropriate time, and although I am more than sure that this entreaty of mine is unnecessary, given your love and kindness towards me, nonetheless I ask Your Reverence to receive it as an example and reason for my impatience and desire to possess the aforementioned book, while I remind you that to have it immediately after you have received the awaited reply, it shall not matter to me if I have to pay the full price for it. I convey to you my most respectful regards, as I 84 Martini, 1757