Nimis multa oratio est, si velim memorare quae ego contra responderim, quam diu et quotiens inter nos verbigeratum sit, quot et qualibus precibus me aggressus haud prius omiserit quam denique impetrarit, non quin ego Pudentillam iam anno perpeti adsiduo convictu probe spectassem et virtutium eius dotes explorassem, sed utpote peregrinationis cupiens impedimentum matrimoni aliquantisper recusaveram.
It will take too long if I try to recount what I said in reply, our long and frequent conversations, the many different pleas he urged on me, not ending until he had finally made me yield. Certainly, I had not failed to observe Pudentilla closely in a full year of constant intimacy, and had tested the excellences by which she was adorned, but being eager for foreign travel, I had for some time avoided being tied down by marriage.
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