Letter 2005: Our son refreshed me by bringing news of your health and your greeting.
V. DOMINO SANCTO AC BEATISSIMO ET APOSTOLICA REUERENTIA SUSPICIENDO PAPAE BT MEO SPECIALI APUD DOMINUM PATRONO RURICIO SEDATUS.
Refecit me filius noster salutem salutationemque tuam nuntians,
per quem ego, quas non merui, litteras dedi ex hoc
desiderio meo satisfaciens, si uel officii ad uos pagina perueniret.
saluto itaque plurimum et rogo per illam caritatem,
quae mihi affectum dignationemque tuam nuntiat, ne te pigeat,
quotiens oportunum, seruum tuum litterarum munere uisitare,
quia testor deum, quod post praesentiam tuam nihil mihi
dulcius est, quam si conloquium desiderantissimae pietatis uel
litterarum dignatione meruero. rogo etiam et omni prece deposco,
ut pro me, sicut facere uos certus sum, sine cessatione
intercedere et orare dignemini. filios nostros et uenerans et
desiderans saluto.
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1 comolatur S 3 aetates S 4 possit itineres S 5 tolosa S
beatitudines S 7 que S 8 representit S 9 paciamini S offitiorum S
10 obfuscit S 12 dignimini S 14 reuerencia 8 suspiciendo Kr.,
suscipiendo S 15 pape S 18 litteras. dedi ex hoc S, litteras accepi
et has reddidi tnauult Kr . 23 dm S, dominum v presentiam S
24 desiderantissime S 25 dignationem v 26 cessacione 8 27 dignimini
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