Charles V.of France had it transcribed for his library, and translated; and it was afterwards translated into Italian and Spanish.
Petrarch returned to Milan, and passed the autumn at his house, the Linterno, where he met with an accident, that for some time threatened dangerous consequences.

He thus relates it, in a letter to his friend, Neri Morandi:--"I have a great volume of the epistles of Cicero, which I have taken the pains to transcribe myself, for the copyists understand nothing.

One day, when I was entering my library, my gown got entangled with this large book, so that the volume fell heavily on my left leg, a little above the heel.

By some fatality, I treated the accident too lightly.

I walked, I rode on horseback, according to my usual custom; but my leg became inflamed, the skin changed colour, and mortification began to appear.