Note 46 — X THE BATHS OF LUCCA
W. G. (William George) Waters translation
Montaigne held La Boetie in the highest esteem. “Et le plus grand que j’aye cogneu au vif, je dis des parties naturelles de l’ame, et le mieux né, c’estoit Estienne de la Boetie.”—Essais, ii. 17, and in ii. 27 he again writes at length in praise of his lost friend.