Letter 2025: You're certainly well-supplied with counsel and prepared for every situation — a man of your wisdom and cultivation...

You're certainly well-supplied with counsel and prepared for every situation — a man of your wisdom and cultivation needs no advisor. But I hope you'll allow my own vigilance to contribute something to your private affairs. So if our friend's letter brings you anything I've been thinking about as well, pursue it confidently as something approved by two minds. And if you find anything new in it, consider it your own discovery, merely prompted by someone who cares for you. I've attached the main points in summary — I didn't want to spell everything out in a letter, to avoid being tedious. It's up to you to weigh what I've outlined. That is how I've discharged my duty — by leaving the judgment to you. Farewell.

Abundas quidem consiliis in omnem rei usum paratus, et sapientiae cnltus artibus monitore non indiges; sed fas est, ut fa meas quoque vigilias aliquid privatis ne- io gotiis tuis conferri patiaris. quare si quid praemeditatum utrique nostrum stilus fra- temus ingesserit, constantius exequere tamquam duobus probatum; si quid tibi adhuc novum legeris, a te inventum puta, quod ab amante suggeritur. subieci capita rerum, quia conplecti litteris fastidii fuga nolui. tuum erit insinuata trutinare. ita enim meo officio functus sum, ut tibi iudicium reservarem. vale. 15 XXVI a. 385?