sunt quoque mutatae, ter quinque volumina, formae, nuper ab exequiis carmina rapta meis. his mando dicas, inter mutata referri fortunae vultum corpora posse meae. namque ea dissimilis subito est effecta priori, flendaque nunc, aliquo tempore laeta fuit. plura quidem mandare tibi, si quaeris, habebam, sed vereor tardae causa fuisse morae; et si quae subeunt, tecum, liber, omnia ferres, sarcina laturo magna futurus eras.
There are also thrice five rolls about changing forms, poems recently saved from the burial of my fortunes. To these I bid you say that the aspect of my own fate can now be reckoned among those metamorphosed figures. For that aspect has on a sudden become quite different from what it was before'a cause of tears now, though once of joy. More directions for you, if you ask me, I have been keeping, but I fear to be the cause of lingering delay; and if you were to carry with you, my book, all that occurs to me, tis likely you would be a heavy burden to him who shall bear you.
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