Letter 2055: A complaint that demands a duty is itself a gracious thing.
Gratiosa est expostulatio, quae requirit officium. sed eum in scribendo numquam
residem gesserim voluntatem, frustra neglectae familiaritatis accusor. utor in ea re
testimonio hominum tuorum, qui dudum sibi epistulam traditam tabellarii vitio distu-
25 lerunt. volo igitur apud te servatae amicitiae mihi constare*rationem. nam vehe-
menter iniurium est, ex alieno peccato naevum violatae religionis adtrahere.
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LV a. 385—386.
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