Letter 8005: You too shall enter my pages, Fortunalis — pillar of friendship, illustrious ornament of the lands of Spain.
EPISTULA V
Sidonius Fortunali suo salutem.
1. Ibis et tu in paginas nostras, amicitiae columen, Fortunalis, Hibericarum decus inlustre regionum; neque enim tibi familiaritas tam parva cum litteris, ut per has ipsas de te aliquid post te superesse non deceat. vivet ilicet, vivet in posterum nominis tui gloria.
2. nam si qua nostris qualitercumque gratia reverentia fides chartulis inest, sciat aetas volo postuma nihil tua fide firmius forma pulchrius, sententia iustius patientia tolerantius, consilio gravius convivio laetius colloquio iocundius. illud quoque supra cetera agnoscet, praeconia laudibus tuis ex votorum contrarietate venisse. nam prope est, ut eminentius censeatur quod probaverunt te adversa constantem, quam si celarent secunda felicem. vale.
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