Letter 6011: After our common lord departed from the city of Milan, my sole consolation has been the hope that letters might do...
XI. ENNODIVS AVIENO.
Digresso. de Mediolanensi urbe communi domino sola in
consolatione remanserunt solacia litterarum, quia dum sermo
ad uos dirigitur, aliqua praesentiae uestrae desideriis meis
imago blanditur. quod et a uobis domnis meis, ut crebro
faciatis, exposco, cogitantes absentiam uestram hac sola posse
adsiduitate sustineri. habeant felicissimi uotiuam praesentiam,
mihi delieta mea cogitanti epistularis cura sufficiet. domine
mi, salutem uberrimam dicens precor, ut et per sanctos
dei pro me preces fundere minime desistatis, et domino
gratias referre, cuius circa me beneficia etiam insperata tribuuntur.
2 beniflciis B ,3 deo V s. I . 4 ex*orruit L 5 tribuaere
L 7 suggere L 8 tabulari BLTVb comensis] commissis
b et s. I. m. rec. B 9 modicia B Vb (et sic Corp. inscr. lat.
V nr . 5742), moditia LT 10 obpraemit B, oprimit T iubeatis
T et fort. V* 13 contempnit LTV \'
XI. 19 domnis B, dominis LTVb 20 hac Bb, hoc LTY
21 adsiduetate B eustinere - V1 habent B 22 -dilecta
B b 23 mihi BL V praecor B et om . b 24 dei] domini
b pręces B domino b 25 referte Sirm . inspirata B
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