Letter 7016: You do a thing, my singular patron in Christ, that is in keeping with both your love and your way of life: you...
EPISTULA XVI
Sidonius Chariobaudo abbati salutem.
1. Facis, unice in Christo patrone, rem tui pariter et amoris et moris, quod peregrini curas amici litteris mitigas consolatoriis. atque utinam mei semper sic recorderis, ut sollicitudines ipsas angore succiduo concatenatas, qui exhortator attenuas, intercessor incidas!
2. de cetero, libertos tuos causis quas iniunxeras expeditis reverti puto, quos ita strenue constat rem peregisse, ut nec eguerint adiuvari. per quos nocturnalem cucullum, quo membra confecta ieiuniis inter orandum cubandumque dignanter tegare, transmisi, quamquam non opportune species villosa mittatur hieme finita iamque temporibus aestatis appropinquantibus. vale.
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