En cuanto a mí, he estado enfermo; de otro modo los habría tenido con afecto en mente. Al regresar de Persia, aquejado por una grave enfermedad, consideré necesario atender al bienestar general de todos,
As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will. Returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
