Letter 3011: Though my longing to see you has been attended by such ill fortune that you are still denied to my sight, you are...
EPISTULA XI
Sidonius Simplicio suo salutem.
1. Etsi desiderium nostrum sinisteritas tanta comitatur, ut etiam nunc nostris invidearis obtutibus, non idcirco is es, virorum optime, de cuius nos moribus lateant celsa memoratu. ita cuncti nostrates idemque summates viri optimarum te exactissimarumque partium praestantissimum patremfamilias consono praeconio prosequuntur.
2. astipulatur huic de te sententiae bonorum vel sic electus gener vel educta sic filia; in quorum copula tam felicem tibi controversiam vota pepererunt, ut ambigas utrum iudicio an institutione superaveris. sed tamen hinc vel maxume, parentes ambo venerabiles, este securi: idcirco ceteros vincitis, quod vos filii transierunt. igitur dona venia litteras primas, quas ut necdum mittere desidia fuerat, ita vereor ne sit misisse garrulitas. carebit sane nostrum naevo loquacitatis officium, si exemplo recursantis alloquii impudentiam paginae praesentis absolveris. vale.
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