Letter 1101: The effort I've been putting into writing speeches, you've rewarded with the prize of praise.
Stndinm, qnod scribendis orationibus exhibebam, praemio landis anxisti. vetns
10 qnippe sententia est, artes honore nntriri. qnis antem tam cnmulatns est honor qnam
palma dicendi? ergo etsi intellego, . . . qnod amore fallaris, titulnm tamen praeclari
testimonii albo calcnlo vetemm more signabo. non enim mihi ex ore ieinno tributa
landatio est, sed de facnndiae penn boni indicii fmctns adrisit. vereor indnlgere
yerbis praeconii fni, ne gratificandi operam mntuam credamur adniti. vale, et ut es
15 nostri ailigens, religiosam observantiam persevera.
LXXXXVn (LXXXXI).
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