Letter 671: I knew well that you would hold to the agreement about the parchment; and what you ask to be arranged for you—we...

To Mariane. (361) I knew well that you abide by the agreements concerning the parchment; and as for the things which you bid be done for you, we will take care that they shall also be done speedily; for failure belongs to the man who will not act. But our city, settled though it is at this distance from the sea, is struck by many waves; and should you ask anything about our friends, many are those who claim to know, but no one knows. Let us pray, then, that the Eileithyiai [goddesses of childbirth] may with kindly favor stand beside Aleandra, wherever the season may press upon her.

Μαριανῇ. (361) Εὖ ᾔδειν ὅτι ταῖς συνθήκαις ἐμμένεις ταῖς περὶ τῆς διφθέρας· ἃ δὲ γενέσθαι σοι κελεύεις ὅπως καὶ ἔσται ταχέως, ἐπιμελησόμεθα· τὸ γὰρ ἀπότευγμα τοῦ μὴ ποιήσοντός ἐστιν ἡ πόλις δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ᾠκισμένη πολ- λοῖς πλήττεται τοῖς κύμασι, κἂν ἔρῃ τι περὶ τῶν φίλων, πολ- λοὶ μὲν οἱ φάσκοντες εἰδέναι, οἶδε δὲ οὐδείς. εὐχώμεθα δὴ μετ’ εὐμενείας Ἀλέαι νδρᾳ παραστῆναι τὰς Εἰλειθυίας, ὅπου- περ ἂν ὁ καιρὸς ἐπείγῃ.