Letter 1073: I'd recommend Anysius to you — an admirable man — except that he entered my circle of friends on your introduction...
Commendarem tibi Anysium laudabilem vimm, nisi in amicitiam meam te auctore
Ycnisset. quando igitur nihil est, quod illi mens sermo conciliet, beneficii loco habebo,
si in eum sancti animi tui gliscat adfectio. nam ubi amoris mdimenta praeventa sunt,
secundae gratiae locus est, ut augmenta poscantur. vale.
LXVm (LXn) a. 380. 2&
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