Letter 2008: Your first letter reached me — so short, so hurried, it seemed to be imitating your journey.
Redditae sunt mihi primae litterae tuae tam breves, tam festinatae, ut iter tunm 30
viderentur imitari. sed si mihi credis, non est in illis desiderata prolixitas. omnia
enim, quae de amplitudinis tuae prosperis nosse cupiebam, succincta enumeratione
conplexus es: quanta valetudine vigeas, qua celeritate pervectus sis, quid in aetemo
principe serenitatis inveneris. ausim dicere, uberiorem rebus quam verbis fuisse illius
naues F 4 remiger V morantur F Bediis P repperiat P 1 m, V, inueniat F 6 ad
famem procliuus Oruter
praeferas PVM iuuares om. P 1 m. ouram V 20 perBonam P 1 m, V 25 famam V
reuocet urbs] VM^ reuocetur P 27 uale add. VM
epistulae paginam; tBxa multa erant, quae gaudere deberem, cum essent pauca, quae PVF
legerem. tu tamen post haec memento, etiam familiares chartas rigare facundiae 2
tuae copiis. neque enim te exhaurit, quod adeuntium preces indefesso absolvis
adfatu, quod venerandi principis mentem loqueris oraculis. sint ista prima nec
5 tamen sola. tantum namque publico usui a te patior inpendi , ut nihil solaciis meis
detrahat.
VIIII ante a. 395.
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