Letter 1044: I know this letter will reach you late — either because of the duties that will keep you busy for a while, or...
Scio quidem litteras meas tibi sero reddendas vel propter occapationes , quae te
in procinctu aliquantisper tenebunt, vel quod frater meus Gorgonius admirator virtu-
& tnm tuarum diutinae apud Picentes indulgebit quieti. utut est tamen ista condicio,
snpersedendum officio non putavi. fors fuat, an haec mature in manus tuas scripta
sint ventura. ego tamen quantum per commeantes licebit, istius muneri» operam non
reparcam. vale.
XXXX (XXXIin) a. 370—379.
«0 SYMMACHVS AVSONIO.
Non novum aut incoguitum sed conpertum iam fide et sedulitate militiae sanctum
Victorem amicum meum promptus commendator insinuo, quem ad hoc aevi nulla actuum
culpa fuscavit; sed fortunae licentia, quae interdum optimos decolorat, spes eius pau-
lisper infregerat. quae in integrum saeculi beatitudo restituet, si innocentiam suppli-
'* cis secundo favpre respexeris. vale.
XXXXI (XXXV) post a. 369.
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