Letter 1041: I interrupt your busy schedule with my steady stream of letters — partly because I enjoy this kind of exchange...
Interpello occupationes tuas adsiduitate colloqnii. nam et ipse huiusmodi pascor
ift officio , et peregrinationem tuam solaciis talibus credo recreari. tuas autem vicissim
litteras expecto non exigo. iniurium quippe est magnopere flagitare, qnod speres, ne
qnod est voluntarium, videatur extortum. sane fratri meo Innocentio gratulor amici-
tias tnas, prinsquam scriberem, contigisse, qnia facilior mihi esse coepit eius commen-
datio, qnem probasti, quam fuisset incogniti. itaque hoc unum beneficii loco postnlo,
30 ut qni sni commendatione iam nititnr, testimonii nostri gratia cumulatius diligatur. vale.
10 Cic. pro Bo8C. Am. 13, 37.
2 Symmachiu Ausonio] (77), om. FF 3 tocitnm totienB F 4 instigare] 77, instare VF{r)
teria F decessio LaiinuM Laiiniui 7 aeqoe bene om, F 9 negglegentius V marcet] 77F,
mulcet Vr0 10 teraa] V, teneas F liuet] 77, liquet F, nitet V me legisse F saepe] F,
etiam F, etiam saepe (77) 11 seuerus F 12 aestimabis] (77), estlmaui VF sed om. (77)
tegere] haec tegere F 13 uti in F animositatis F expeto] Sute^ expecto VF
16 om. VM 17 occasionem parui 77 18 retuli] Af(77), reppuU V 19 te po9i salutationis
eoUoe. VM
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20 SYMBLA.CHI EPISTVLAE
XXXVII (XXXI) a. 370—379.
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