Letter 8018: The bearer of this letter compelled me to take up my pen again — not that I needed much compelling.
XVIII. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.
Coegit me ad studia mea portitor praesentium litterarum
et quod uolebam prope inportunus exegit. sic contulit beneficium
qui poscebat. iste in negotio suo probatum mundo
iustitiae uestrae poscit examen, nec ab aliquo ueritatem causae
suae discerni aestimat, si cessetis. pro hoc precator accedo, ut
dum adestis mandatis caelestibus et ueritatem tota intentione
perquiritis, adflicti hominis necessitatibus subcurratis. spero
etiam seruitio salutationis inpenso, ut indicio me prosperitatis
1 raeparata B 2 nonuellis B 3 resnrrezerit L sepnlchro
BLTV 4 per B 5 act.i1 L formam B misterii
PT, ministerii b 6 aegritudinis B sepnl«cra B, sepulchra
LPTV celesti B 9 ipsed F1 12 tribuet B 14 Asterii
Sirm., Ansterii Pb 15 obtas B
XVIII. 19 psentium portitor T literarum B 20 uelebam
L exiget B 21 poscebat iste scripsi, eoacebatis te B, exigebat
iste LPTVb probatus in B 22 nestre B ab aliquo (ab ali
cx alib corr . uid.) L 23 praecator B 25 snbcnrratee B
26 seruitio salntationis B, salntationis offlcio LPTV inditio B,
indictio L
uestrae non neglectis quae frequenter se ingerunt occasionibus
salutationis.
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