na, quel che tu cognosci esserti da tempi
da luogi, eda tutte le cose vietato non
lo volere. Delibera quando che sia haverti
libero. O che beata cosa vivere ase stessi
vacuo dogni cura. Pallimacro. Oime
philarco mio che possio dime, ove io
tutto sono daltruj? Tuo sono io deiphi-
ra mia, et tuo voglio essere, tu c quanto dime
voi tanto sia. O piaciati provar la patien–
tia mia vindicandoti se mai fui non quanto
doveo presto adamarti. O piaciati glori-
ar di haver amante; che per niuno oltra-
gio resta diservirti. Io non pero mai me
dimenticaro le tue molte mecho gien–
tileze. Stannomi scripti dentro al mio

time, place, or anything else forbids you to have. Whenever you can, choose to set yourself free. O what a blessed thing it is to live for oneself, without any cares. Pallimacro. Oh my Philarco, what power do I have over myself when I belong to someone else? I am all yours, my Deiphira, and I want to be yours. As much as you want of me, let it be so. Please, either you should put my patience to the test, revenging yourself if I were not as ready to love you as I should have been, or else you should be content with boasting that you have a lover whom nothing will prevent from serving you. I, however, will never forget your many kindnesses towards me. They are written on my