Letter 1062: You're busy with public affairs, so a short letter will spare you the tedium of a long read.
LVI (L) a. 368—383.
, SYMMACHVS PROBO.
• Et tibi pnblicis negotiis occnpato breves litterae demnnt fastidium lectionis, et
mei officii adsidnitas, qnidqnid scribendnm videbatnr, exhansit. merito salutatione
15 librata fmgi epistnlam necessario stringo conpendio. alia est enim protestatio amoris,
alia lingnae ostentatio. atqne ideo mihi antiqnior ftiit obseqnendi opera quam lo-
qnendi. copiosi videbimur, si abnnde sednli iudicemnr. vale.
LVn (LI) a. 368—383.
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