This is just to inform you that the tyrant is chained to his bed exactly like a slave – So it is! I shall be delighted if I manage to get off with the loss of this one day. My walk yesterday at dawn in the woods, where it was very foggy, has made my disorder worse and perhaps my recovery more difficult – Meanwhile play about with the Russians, Laplanders, Samoyeds and the like, and don’t sing too often the song ‘Long live’.
Your friend
Beethoven