Note 1 — THIRD PART LIFE'S TROUBLES AND CLOSE. 1823 TO 1827. (continued 2)
Grace Wallace translation
[Footnote 1: Here Beethoven's own writing begins. The slight indisposition that he mentions, in the course of a few days became a serious illness, the result of which was dropsy, and from this the maestro was doomed never to recover. Indeed from that time he never again left his bed.]