Here, dear
Ries,
I
am letting you have at once the four parts which I have corrected.
You should check the other copies against these. And when you
are certain that four of the copied parts have been corrected
quite carefully and accurately, then on the day after tomorrow
I will send for the four parts marked No. I; and thus you can
correct the others from the ones you have checked. - I am enclosing
the letter to Count Browne, which states that he must advance
you the 50 ducats because you have to fit yourself out. This is
a necessity at which he cannot take umbrage, for, when you have
done that, you are to go to Baden with him as soon as Monday of
next week. - At the same time I must reproach you for not having
applied to me long ago. Am I not your true friend? And why did
you conceal your need from me? Not one of my friends is to be
short of money as long as I have some. Why, I would have sent
you a small sum today, had I not counted on Browne. And if there
is nothing to be had in that quarter, apply at once to your friend
Beethoven