^{22 Ref} For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

^{23 Ref} But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

^{24 Ref} Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--