Letter 1051: I was overjoyed to hear that your health has been restored — your well-being is always my highest wish.
Aactas sam gaadio, qaod valetado tecam revertit in gratiam; nam semper in-
eolamitas taa voti mei samma est. nanc si diis yolentibas reconciliatae vires animi
tai integraverant yigorem, facito epistnlae taae multiiagis paginis aageantur. odi par-
simoniam yerboram bonorum. scribendi qnippe breyitas magis fastidio qaam officio
n proxima est. nolo litteras stillantes de summo ore; illas peto, qaae arescere nesciant,
qaae ex intimo pectoris fonte promuntar. memini breyitatem Spartanam laadi quon- 2
dam faisse; sed ego Romanis tecam legibas ago et, si ita yis, Atticis, qaibas tantam
decas a facandia ftiit, nt mihi yideantar Lacones meta collationis in diyersam stadia
destinasse. yellem plnra, sed tao modo conpangendas es. simal cantio est mihi, ne
20 te sermo maltas offendat. instituto igitar meo calcem pono, dum tuo pareo. qaa ex
re intelleg^s, eo te inyidiae et condicionis adductum, quasi a me pauca scribi yelis,
nisi multa rescripseris. yale.
XXXXVI (XXXX) ante a. 38^.
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