Letter 1054: Good gods, how nothing is safe or certain for us mortals!
Dii boni, qnam nihil bomini tntnm atque exploratnm est! certe levandi animi
cansa Baias concesseratis. qnis ocnlns fascinavit destinatam qnietem? Panlina ergo 20
cnra commnnis extremnm salutis accesserat; an vester pro illa tantus est metns, nt
omne eins incommodum periculi instar habeatur? qnidquid bomm est, spectare animo
licet, qnas aemmnas diemm, quas noctinm vigilias dnxeritis. sic nati snmns, nt
saepins adversa fungamnr. fuginnt voluptates et bonae cninsqne rei tam brevis nsns
qnam levis sensns est. vemm baec philosophomm dispntationibns relinqnantnr. nnnc 25
babitnm laetiorem mentibns snadeamns. qnando Panlinae nostrae valetndinem rarsns
locavit in solido pax deomm. vale.
rides etj ITr, radi sed V, risidet ^, ride F rideas] ITJypF, ridetas V affaisti JTT, om, F
Ofn. V
b om. VF 6 impulit F 7 reiidere F 8 ora totnm] Scioppiuty oratorium V, oratorem F
annibalem VF 9 illecebra F 10 retentum F adnenarum] F, aduentarnm ITV(r) lutos ITV,
lucos F arbor om. F euaserat F suadia V tricinium] Latinut LaiiniuSy triclinium VFF^
nulUus VF
uestrae (IT)
XXXXVim (XXXXm) ante a. 385.
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