Letter 6043: I have been sick with worry ever since I learned that my daughter is suffering from her familiar complaint.
I have been sick with worry ever since I learned that my daughter is suffering from her familiar complaint. And the journey... [Text breaks off here in the source.]
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Latin / Greek Original
Male est animo , postquaiu filiam meam conperi eonsueto dolore vexari , et iter
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