Letter 2020: I come to the aid of my conscience, which will not allow me to remain indebted to the services of friends.
Succurro fidci, qnae officiis amicomm debitorem me diutins esse non patitnr.
fVatres mei Romanus atque Magnillus clarissimi yiri iamdudum me religionis meritis
nexuemnt, et quamvis praemia non reposcant, quae solet minor expectare fortnna,
aorius tamen animum meum fsaepius honestate conveninnt. mentiar, si mihi ad
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$H$pitot^ pum espUvttim koe modo: quo tibi in caatris cor anxium de doobosT haee el q, $. deligeiii V
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LIBER n. 49
praestandnm deesse tempns allegem, qnia potentia mea de tai honoris viribus aesti- PVM
matnr. fac oro, nt effectn honoris sui sentiant, pro concordia, quae mihi tecum est,
quidquid defertur uni, ab utroque deberi.
XXI ante a. 395.
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