Letter 6024: Although the rights of affection that blood kinship confers might seem to make a letter unnecessary, I write anyway...
XXIIII. ENNODIVS ARCHOTAMIAE.
Quamuis ius affectionis consanguinitatis lege constrictum
regionum prolixitate non pereat nec catena generis, quae animas
nectit, terrarum separatione diuidatur, attamen pabulum caritatis
est aut uidere aut officio sermonis appellare quem diligas:
nescirentur secreta mentium nisi proditione linguarum. haec
in usu uocauit antiquitas, ut illa, quae pectoribus clausa sunt,
non laterent. ego Gallias, quae totum me propter uos sibi
uindicant, si oculis non inspicio, affectione non desero. gratias
tamen praesentium perlatori, qui necessitatis suae occasione
desideriis meis praestitit, ut inter aestus animorum, quibus
baiulus deerat, optatum praeberet officium. salutans ergo seruitio
debito precor, ut portitor beneficii sui uicem recipiat et
qui in gaudio meo opitulatus est suis uotis restitutum per
me credat effectum.
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