Letter 2023: I had thought that my many admonitions and encouragements had added some measure of endurance to your spirit.
Pntabam tot monitis atque exhortationibus meis aliquid animo tuo accessisse
25 tolerantiae, at enimvero etiam reverendas necessitudines nostras peregrinationis con-
questione sollicitas. sed quid promovet ista confessio? non ferunt inpatientiam tuam,
quibus reditus in voto est. vident enim sub quibusdam aemulis civibus excessum
celerem nihil laudis habiturum. quin adsume constantiam, et quid deceat magis,
quam quid libeat, expende, praecipue cum ipse fatearis, in amore domini nostri
30 Tbeodosii venerabilis principis omnium te carissimorum pignerum gratiam repperisse.
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fum V, cum ad F 17 sufflciat F 18 sotio P l m, 20 tua unndieas V
) etiam «euerendas P 1 m. conquestiones V 26 fuerunt V, fugerunt M 21 ualent P
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ceris M 30 te om. V uale add. VM
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50 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
XXnn a. 383.
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