Letter 1053: Our reasons for not writing are different, but the result is the same.
Silentii nostri ratio diversa est, sed nnns effectus. me inpedit pontificalis officii
cura, te Baiani otii neglegentia. neqne enim minns rofiidem facit remissio animi
qnam occupatio. nec mirum, si te illa ora totnm sibi vindicat, cum ipsum Hannibalem
fides certa sit, bello invictum manus dedisse Campaniae. non illius caeli ant soli il-
lecebram retinax advenarnm lotos arbor aeqnaverit et suada Circae pocnla ettricfninm 10
2 semivolncmm pnellamm. neqne ego te pingnes ferias agere contendo ant virtntem
pnto frignisse deliciis. sed dnm tibi legis, tibi scribis et nrbanamm remm fessns
ingentem animnm solitndine domas, amicitiamm mnnia nnllns exeqneris. quin adripis
stilnm nostraeqne in te adfectioni honorem mntnnm facisi^ nisi mavis anctoritatem
pontificis experiri: mnlta nobis in collegio deliberanda sunt; qnis tibi bas indntias i&
pnblici mnneris dedit? senties ins sacerdotis, nisi inpleveris ins amici. vale.
XXXXVra (XXXXU) ante a. 385.
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