Letter 2083: Many people have asked me for letters of introduction, but the merits of some and the importunity of others have...
Multi a me conciliationem litterariam poposcerunt, sed quornndam meritis, alio-
ram precibns parem gratiam dedi. nec tamen yereor, ne tibi civiam ignota distinctio
5 sit iudicium de his commnne recolenti. dabis igitor in quibnsdam verecnndiae meae
veniam, qnae cessit orantibns, seqneris antem, qnod scis de singnlis ntmmqne sen-
tire. pnto ex his verbis, quo in nnmero filinm nostmm Attalnm spectabilem vimm 2
censeam, facile dinosci. namqne ista libera et aperta discretio ei tnto oredita est,
qni non fnit in parte cogentum. qnare tuo ac meo nomine amicitias adcnrrentis am-
10 plectere, nt hnic in fmctn sit cnltus bonomm, pravis dolori, qnod dtssimiliter dili-
gnntur. yale.
LXXXm (LXXXII) a. 393.
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