⁴¹ Last of all, the mother died, after her sons.^(A)

⁷ I could prove to you from many and various examples that reason^[a] is absolute ruler over the passions,^(A)

⁶ When he had thus appealed to him, he sent for the boy’s mother to show compassion on her who had been bereaved of so many sons and to influence her to persuade the surviving son to obey and save himself.^(A)