Priusquam vobis occipiam, principes Africae viri, gratias agere ob statuam, quam mihi praesenti honeste postulastis et absenti benigne decrevistis, prius volo causam vobis allegare, cur aliquam multos dies a conspectu auditorii afuerim contulerimque me ad Persianas aquas, gratissima prorsus et sanis natabula et aegris medicabula
Before I begin to give thanks to you, notables of Africa, for my statue that you honorably proposed in my presence and kindly voted in my absence, I first want to lay before you the reason why I avoided the sight of an audience for a good many days, and took myself off to the baths of Perseus, which is a very pleasant swimming pool for the healthy to swim in and for the sick to be cured (
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