Letter 2022: I have long been hoping to restore the health of my poor body, if only I could enjoy the healthful air of the...
Reparationem iamdiu corpusculi mei valetudinem, si frui agrorum
salttbritatem potuissem. sed nunc intuta est latrociniis suburbanitas, atqne ideo prae-
stat macerari otio civitatis, quam pericula mris incidere. tuis tamen litteris proficere
15 sanitatem meam sentio, quibns beneficia domini nostri Theodosii freqnenter ennmeras
et urgueri merita tua magnis praemiis adseyeras. et illi quidem ad agendas gratias 2
tua lingua sufficiet: ego pro mediocritate ingenii mei viro excellentissimo nostrique in
Flavianum voti socio vicem laudis exsolvi. sed iam tempus est, ut ipsum illura redire
patiaris, pro quo obligati sumns. quousque magistratum longinquae provinciae solacio
20 tuo vindicas? nulla de uxoris utero causatio est, cuius expectationem maturus partus
absolvit.
XXra a. 382—383.
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