This letter was written the day after Damien’s attack against Louis XV. Racine begins by noting that he has received the verses that the recipient attached to their last letter, but is still awaiting the beinning of the work from one of the recipient’s friends. He then responds the the article on Roussea that was recently published in Bayle’s supplement, describing it as ‘impertinent’. He adds that he has contributed a letter to Trévoux’s second memoir of the month which argues that the slanders against Roussea insighted by hatred deserve only contempt. He then discusses recent disturbances and the emergence of horrible posters, before stating that he hopes for a peace that he fears is very far away. Racine then turns to the attack of Damiens which took place the day before, noting the king’s words: ‘If the blow comes from abroad, it is only a scratch. If it comes from my people, it is a deep wound.’ Finally, Racine discusses the seventh volume of Voltaire’s l’Histoire universelle. He remarks on the boldness of Voltaire’s reflections and the liveliness of his style which combined make his writings readable, adding that he imposes on the great number of ignorant people but will never impose on the learned who will not seek the truth of history from him.