Letter 1043: People are wrong to say Fortune has no judgment.
Falso creditur, nesciam iudicii esse fortunam; illa vero et praeteritorum memor
et praesentium diligens et prudens futuri tibi rependit, quidquid cetens praestitit. non
ergo vaga neque erratica est, a qua scimus alios donum cepisse, te praemium. quis
tibi honoris, inquies, nostri fecit indicium? celebritas famae, cui iusta narranti statim
creditur. an opperirer super hoc tuas litteras, quas verecundia diflferebat? minime; 2.s
siquidem difficilis est patientia gaudiorum. fungor igitur, ut vides, partibus tuis, et
quae debui cognoscere, malui quodammodo nuntiare. sed nolo ista properatio litterarum
mearum tuum munus inpediat. scire me, quod nunc scribo, dissimula, et tribue quasi
novum nuntium, quem ego gratulabor iteratum. vale.
sententia oerbls V, ex sententia gum uerbis 77, tuppU res procedunt vel iimile quid nam cum scribam
tibi ex sententia usus uerborum suppetit quorum alias supellex mihi desit. quippe F 7 me om. F
obloquentem] F, loquentem V est ante hominum eoUoe. F 8 expectatissime F(77} amici-
tiam] Vr^, in amicitia F 9 quam] VFir), hanc (77) 10 opere] F, ope VDP 11 iuxta om. F
atque — 12 fui om. F 12 semper est 77 in me] luretuSj in meo 77, meo VF uellem F
17 uolo] rupio F est ut es (77) semper] (77), om. VF{r)
quidem] nam F 29 quem] quod F
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XXXVIIU (XXXIU) a. 370—379.
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