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Natura renim est, nt qui balbutinnt, plns loquantur ; adfectant enim copiam pudore
defectns. hoc exemplum me expetit, cui magna est scribendi inpatientia, cum desit
& oratio. duobus enim pariter commeantibus non putavi officio convenire, ut unis litte-
ris gemina expenderetur occasio. erit super hoc iudicatio tua, garrulusne iustius dicar
an sedulus. vale.
LXXVn (LXXI) a. 376—380.
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