He dismisses indeed the people with His blessing and with some cures. But He constrained His disciples, because they could not without pain separate themselves from Him, and that, not only on account of the very great affection which they had for Him, but also because they were at a loss how He would join them.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.