Letter 1071: You want to know what I think about the people who've provoked me.
Scire postnlas, qaid de lacessentibHS sentiamug. nolo conBilinm snscensentis ex-
pectes neqne in eius noxam labores, quem vides abnndare peccatis. ipse causas da-
bit, quas non yidearis optasse. sed de illo satis babeo dictum. veniam, qno me dncit 5
adfectio. inmane quantnm a litteris desidetis neque metuitis, ne vos talione silentii
mordeamus. quid hiems faciet, quae terra et mari morabitur commeatus? cogitate yestri
officii necessitatem nostrae sollicitudinis vicem eamque adripite diligentiam, quam de
nobis mutuo flagitatis. vale.
LXVI (LX) a. 380. 10
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