Letter 3006: A welcome opportunity has arisen to send you word of my well-being.
Arbitrum te adsumo mep/tarum mearum. cape, si quid ab re publica vacas, ora-
tiunculam nostram, cuius edendae fiduciam mihi favor civium dedit. nam spes saepe
alitur exemplis, et placiturum esse praesumimus, quod aliis iam placuisse gaudemus.
nunc tuarum partium erit respondere, cum legeris, an debuerit me senatns animare. 25
certe mihi duci vitio non potest, quod tam bene de tuis auribus speravi, quam sim-
pliciter priorum suflFragiis credidi. vale.
Vni ante a. 388.
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