Letter 8024: Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity.
XXIIII. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.
Vsum suum benignitas uestra supra homines locata custodit.
uere medicina est cura sanctissimi: nam uenerabilis conscientia
deo semper insinuat quod requirit. digressis uobis acrior me
calor exussit et ad omnem desperationem praecipitante diabolo
6
2 caleeti L curratio B 8 mox om. T me om. Sirm.
5 prosequi mi B
XXIII. 10 heleutheriuB B a] ad B dno T 11 sasciol
perat B 12 commendatitiae B, commendatias L sperauit]
r*
impetrauit Pb 13 subpeterea B iuberetur B 14 ne L
15 porrigatee B 16 pxaeiuditio B 17 mulitur B
XXILIL 19 fausto ex floro V m. 1 21 scanctissimi B
22 requiret B 23 callor B exussit| (ussit in ras.) B et
om. B homnem B dieperationem B praecipitanti (alt .
i in ras.) B diabulo B
uela patuerunt. uenit ad me medicus et dixit se quod faceret
non habere. hinc mihi maior spes, quando homo cessauerit.
continuo me cum lacrimis ad caelestis medici auxilia conuerti
et domni Victoria oleo totum corpus, quod iam sepulcro parabatur,
contra febres armaui. scit deus meus, mox adfuit magni
militis imperator, et quod per testem eius idoneum poposci
incunctanter obtinui. mox feruor ille aeterni frigoris procurator
intepuit et hora nona, sicut legitur, Christo meo mandante
discessit. scio orationis uestrae tempora, scio lacrimarum copiam
in illo quoque momento iuuisse laborantem. ecce indicia uotiua
non tacui: sed portitorum raritas desiderium commune suspendit.
nam me multum iuuat releuatio uestra, quamuis a uobis minime,
qui laeta respuistis, optetur.
Related Letters
Although Your Greatness requires no elaboration from me, the obligations of friendship require at least a letter.
Although every frequency of letters may seem insufficient to express what I feel, the attempt itself has value.
As soon as heavenly grace restored me, my first thought was of you.
I place my hope in the Trinity, our God, through the intercession of the saints, that the outcome we seek will be...
The hope placed in the young is solid, and their progress confirms what our faith in them anticipated.