Letter 4028: If things had gone as I wished, this letter would carry a different message.
XXVIII. ENNODIVS AGAPITO.
Si mihi ex sententia dies fluerent, non negotiosis operam
paginis potius quam obsequentibus exhiberem nec munus
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1 fauor] amor T liberatis B ut Bb,-et LPTV 3 ae-
thereaa Pb, aeternus Sirm . 5 dispendio non dabltum nichi frangatur T (corr
m. 2) 6 animam T* 7 persona fort.; post personis uulgo
interpungitur, cf. Wiener Studien II p. 231 \' 10 usus L S. t m .
ant. cupias B 11 antecellant] finit add. B i
XXVII. 14 et om. Sirm. 15 magnam L ***ista L .
16 sens*um L 17 domini B 19 disperationem JS 90 cegnoseere
T 21 conloquia] finit add. B .
caritatis ad officia peregrina transducerem. sed coactus rem
diligentiae necessariis commutaui. sublimis enim et magnificus
uir pro dolosis inimicorum laborat insidiis, qui per me aequitatis
uestrae inplorat patrocinium, ne praua concinnatio opinionem
eius permittatur incessere et fabricati rumoris ferat forte
conpendium. domine mi, salutationem largissimam dicens deprecor,
ut ille qui in uobis notus est uigor adsurgat et quod
a partibus uestris poscitur mei sermonis obsequio ad inpetrationem
congruam perducatur.
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