Letter 2054: You are performing the duty of a good brother, but stop reminding someone who already remembers.
15 Fungeris boni fratris officio, sed desine memorem commonere. notae nobis sunt
caerimoniae deorum et festa divinitatis imperata. nisi forte me solum exequi vicem
tuam postulas, et ut adsolet res divina mandari, mibi tuum munus iniungis. fruere
deliciis copiosis; nos mandata curabimus. sed memento exactis feriis participes facere
luxuriae tuae, quos tantopere laborasti consortes habere ieiunii.
20 Lim ante a. 395.
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