Letter 1017: I'd nearly resigned myself to writing you a brief, empty letter — there was nothing worth reporting, and when...
Paene evenerat, ut tecnm snccincta brevitate loqneremnr, qnoniam deerant digna
memoratn et in defectn remm nihil operae est indnlgere verbis, sed tempestive Palladii 25
rhetoris nostri declamatio anxit paginam meam. ea conplacita summatibns litteramm
clam te esse non debnit. itaqne cnm et meo officio et tuo stndio talis relatio con-
veniret, vix solnto coetn necdum eventilatam auribns nostris anditionis meae fidem
2 indicio calente dictavi. movit Xoyoc Athenaei hospitis Latiare concilinm divisionis arte,
inventionnm copia, gravitate sensnum, Ince verbomm. opinione mea dico : tam probus 30
est oratione qnam moribus. tunc nostrates viri, qui inter se aliamm remm saepe
praeterUbitur (iV) me quaeso istius libelli F 4 amusoteros A, amasos VF iudicare] A, di-
adicare VF{II} pottem] VFA^^ possim A^ 5 utique 8uie ael moribas plarimam F
iproaita V 10 Melone] F^, nilo AfT frigidiorem poH Tanai eoUoe, U scytico VA\ scytbio A^
11 populari] /ure^tM, popalari tiberi ^4^, popali tiberi A^, popalari facino VF^ papalari fucino (/V) red-
disti ii^ masellae (r\2>), mosollae AS^ moseUeo (i7) meata V 12 magna] multa F vX A
certo om, A poemata ementaris (/\P) amnioorum] [r)FA^^ amicorum A^V $ed superter, amnico-
ram A^ 1 m, 13 qaam nomiiiibus] A, qaae nominibas F, qaae non minas V aaria tam] A^ (t in rai,),
uariaU VFA^ ut] et F 14 distanti A^ 15 atqain A praetorio] VUF^r), praetio A»,
precio A^ 16 etsui subiecta A^ istad genus F dependi A^ 17 nati tunt in Ubro F
prestet A adiungam V 19 inberere A^ quoque] qaidem F 20 trabatar F offensi^
parcas F, offentit parcas F(/\P)
23 Symmacbut Ausonio] (//), om, VM 24 penes nenerat V(rfi) 26 ea] VM^ quae (/7)
botpes (/7) 30 tensaum grauitate (//)
dissentinnt, concordem sententiam super huius laude tenuerunt. credo plane, nec fides VMJI
cassa est, rhetorum hanc esse prosapiam; nam [plenum] ingenio genus noscitur. non
solus vultus aut colos adserit posteros in honorem parentum: certiores habet natura
vindicias. bene sentiendi ac bene loquendi gignuntur non scribuntur heredes. quod
& alii docentur, hic natus est. haec apud te, mi domine, silenda non credidi, et quod 3
prae tui amore nihil habeo pensi, et quod vicissim, quanti a te fiam, numquam me
paenitet, ei quod Palladio factum yoIo, ne lateant honesta prolatu. cura ut valeas,
et quia tibi facultas scribendi praesto est, adhibe voluntatem. vale.
XVI (X) a. 376—377.
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