Chapter 9

1Annæus Seneca to Paul Greeting . I KNOW that my letter, wherein I acquainted you, that I had read to the Emperor your Epistles, does not so much affect of as the nature of the things (contained in them),
2Which do so powerfully divert men's minds from their former manners and practices, that I have always been surprised, and have been fully convinced of it by many arguments heretofore.
3Let us therefore begin afresh; and if any thing heretofore has been imprudently acted, do you forgive.
4I have sent you a book de copia verborum . Farewell, dearest Paul.