molto amato per certo/ erra / non porgien–
doti amico et aperto achi tama Lami-
cicia vuole fede et merito. Non manchi inte fe-
de tu mai da me harai sol che deside-
rare cosa quale io perte possa, sempre
me harai prompto a meritare da te
benevolentia et gratia. Hora o piaci-
ati odispiaciati / io voglio sapere che
doglia ti prema. Ben che alo infermo
dispiacia quello che el sana pure se vu-
ole prima satisfare ala rasone che al
suo iudicio efalso gusto. Pallimacro.
Io amo philarco, io ardo philarco, io
spasemo amando. Philarco. Hora
scorgo io ben in tuto vero quello che si

is certainly wrong in not bringing himself forward as a friend, open to the one who loves him. Friendship demands faith and worthiness. Never lose faith. You have only to desire from me anything I can do for you, and I will always be ready to deserve your benevolence and grace. Whether you like it or not, I want to know what suffering oppresses you. Although the sick person dislikes that which heals him, nevertheless one first needs to follow reason, rather than one’s own judgment and faulty taste. Pallimacro. I love, Philarco. I burn, Philarco. I am convulsed with love. Philarco. Now I see it is completely true what they