Letter 8031: The high regard in which I hold Your Greatness has demanded this exchange of letters, but the haste of the carrier...
XXXI. ENNODIVS BOETIO.
Consideratio magnitudinis uestrae exegit epistolare commercium,
sed festinatio portitoris epistolam breuitate conclusit.
non potui morari properantem, sed nec his uacuum muniis
propter res necessarias emisi. crebras super domo, quam
poposci, litteras destinaui. si possibile est cupita tribui, iam
referte, quia omnia aedificia sub neglegentia consenescunt.
domine mi, salutationis obsequia dependens rogo, ut iuuetis
sine uestro dispendio supplicantem.
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