Letter 2049: On the third day before the Nones of October [October 5], I replied to your letter at first light.
A. d. tertium nonas Octobres prinio lucis respondi litteris tuis, quas pro interiectu
itineris, quo nunc distinemur, ante mcridiem sumere debuisti. sed ut scripta ad ve-
speram mihi reddita prodiderunt, meum officium tuamque curam tabellarii leutitudo
nam indicavi IG lectos longus] Urutery lectus longos P 18 beneflcientiae P tentur P 1 m.
diem] Qruter (r)y a te meridie P, a memeridie F 33 meamque curam F
Q. Atbelits Stmmavbvs. S
58 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
PF suspendit. ego tamen huic morae suscensere non possum. defuisset enim tibi causa
sermonis iterandi, si matnre responsa nostra legisses. quae, ut confido, iam tradita
sunt ; nisi forte denuo aliquis ex urbanis divitibus in^essor viarum scripta nostra fura-
2 verit. dii illos mentibus suis puniant! nunc ad quaesita redeamus. humor, qui par-
vuli nostri pectus obsederat atque inportunam tussim ciebat, magna parte tenuatus s
est; itaque spiramenta faucium libera nihil iam stridulum sonant. deum benignitas
velit processum sanitatis eius in solido conlocare. nos ut a metu praesentium respi-
ravimus, ita voto futura munimus.
XXXXVIIII ante a. 395.
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