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Byron writes his first letter to Hobhouse eleven days after they part. [PSC]

"I shall begin by telling you, having only told it you twice before, that I swam from Sestos to Abydos."

"In four days {from Constantinople} with a favourable wind I arrived in the frigate at the island of Zea, from whence I took a boat to Athens where I met my friend the Marquis of Sligo who expressed a wish to proceed with me as far as Corinth."

"Though I do not think you have used me very well in not writing after my very frequent requests to that effect, I shall not give you an opportunity of recriminating, but fill this sheet to remind you of my existence and assure you of my regard,…

Byron’s account of his life at the Athenian convent. [PSC]

"I am at present in a very ridiculous situation, under the hands of Dr. Romanelli and a fever which hath confined me to my bed for these three days past, but by the blessing of God and two glysters, I am now able to sit up, but much debilitated."

"On this day fifteen months ago I sailed from England, and since that period I have not been favoured with the slightest intimation from you or any of your family."

"I wrote to you two days ago, but the weather and my friend Stranè’s conversation being much the same, and my ally Nicolo in bed with a fever, I think I may as well talk to you, the rather, as you cant answer me and excite my wrath with impatient…

The request which led to the apology by the Bey of Corinth (February 11th 1811). [PSC]

"No written agreement exists between the owner of the horse in question & myself ...."