Letter 1015: You ask me for longer letters.
Petis a me litteras longiores. est hoc in nos veri amoris indicium. sed ego qui
sim paupertini ingenii mei conscius, Laconicae malo studere brevitati quam multi-
ingis paginis infantiae meae maciem publicare. nec mirum, si eloquii nostri vena
30 tenuata est, quam dudum neque ullius poematis tui neque pedestrium voluminum
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