Letter 102
Since you welcome my letters, they'll come more frequently. As for your replies, I make no demands. It would be wrong to press for what a loyal heart already promises of its own accord. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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