Letter 6020: The taste of blessings is unknown to those who live in prosperity.
XX. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.
Ignoratur bonorum sapor in prosperis: uix dinoscitur superni
qualitas bonorum, dum tenetur: post migrationem capita dulcescunt:
desiderii pretia in manibus constituta nescimus. uere
fateor, quamdiu Rauenna uos habuit, sinistrum omen credidi
cogitare quae patior nec inter res secundas quasi malignus
propriae felicitatis interpres quae per absentiam uestram euenire
poterant suspiraui. non debui merita mea, si ab homine non.
separarer, agnoscere nec intellegere fugitiuum esse quod sectanti
peccata blanditur. sed quid epistolaris concinnatio castigatae
terminum dictionis excedit? ferat his rebus medelam cuius
XVIUI. 4 reuertitur b adiaratom T sed d ex b corr. uidetur
4-
5 cupi|is B d s. l. m. ree., enpidis b 8 ad (d in ras.) L 9 boneris
B\'T, honoris В\'b 10 conditio BLTb 14 interim] itaram*
Bb 16 incidis. L
XX. 24 abstinentiam L1 26 Beotaodi Tl 28 eioedet B
medellam B*
imperio uniuersa famulantur. ego tamen, propter quod adtributae
sunt paginae, ualeo substantia corporali et per haec
munia sub dei ope, ut prosperitas uestra nuntietur, expecto.
accipite ergo obsequia mea, et si quid inter haec, quae mecum
geri didicistis, euentus dexter adtulerit, sine dissimulationis
obstaculo nuntiate.
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