Letter 1107: ...Fortune has seized my hand; she's dragged me back against my will.
...Fortune has seized my hand; she's dragged me back against my will. Don't let her convince you — imperious as she is — that I didn't want to come. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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