de cetero, quamquam et extremus autumnus iam diem breviat et viatorum sollicitas aures foliis toto nemore labentibus crepulo fragore circumstrepit inque castellum, ad quod invitas, utpote Alpinis rupibus cinctum, sub vicinitate brumali difficilius escenditur, nos tamen deo praevio per tuorum montium latera confragosa venientes nec subiectas cautes nec superiectas nives expavescemus, quamvis iugorum profunda declivitas aggere cocleatim fracto saepe redeunda sit, quia, et si nulla sollemnitas, tu satis dignus es, ut est Tullianum illud, propter quem Thespiae visantur.
Well, although the latter end of autumn is already shortening the day and makes a crackling rustle round the anxious ears of travellers as the leaves fall from every tree; and though it is less easy on the verge of winter to climb up to the castle to which you invite me (beset as it is by Alpine crags), yet with Gods guidance I will traverse the broken sides of your mountains, undaunted by the spiky rocks yawning below or the snow hanging above, aye, undaunted although the road with its spiral bends may often force me to retraverse the deep hill-slopes. For even if there were no solemnity in prospect, you are a sufficient reason why, as Cicero says, Thespiae should be visited.
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