Letter 8002: It would be only fitting for Your Greatness to display the riches of your talent while following the teachings of...
II. ENNODIVS AVIENO.
Par erat magnitudinem uestram ingenii sui opulentiam, dum
sancti patris sectatur instituta, depromere et multo adquisitam
sudore doctrinam pro diligentiae testimonio uentilare. gemina
uobis contingeret ex antefata concinnatione laudatio, quando
crescente susceptorum deuotione ferretur in medium palma
sermonis: res, quae nobis amorem uestrum reserat, uos extollit.
uno eodemque usu et oris pompa multiplicaretur et fidei. in
apice constituti illam subiectis adfectionem putantur inpendere,
quam locuntur. haec, mi domine, ille occupatissimus
pater et in humana locatus arce custodit. nam contemptum
manifestat qui in otio degens uerba non tribuit. legisse me
memini: sermonis auari nullus honor. nunc ergo seruitiis
salutationis exhibitis indico me ualere. superest, ut suggestio
mea eliciti gaudeat ubertate conloquii.
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