Itaque: Si di, inquit, Philippe, tibi permisissent quo maxime modo velles animum experiri meum, alio profecto voluisses, sed certiore, quam expertus es, ne optasses quidem Hac epistola accepta, tamen quod dilueras bibi;
Accordingly he said: If the gods, Philip, had granted you to test my feelings in the manner which you most desired, you would surely have chosen a different way, but you could not even have wished for a surer one than you experienced, since after receiving this letter I nevertheless drank the mixture you had prepared.
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