Letter 3024: Here we are, idling in the countryside and enjoying autumn in all its variety.
Nos hic in otio rasticamnr et multimodis autumnitate defruimur. nam postquam
doliis nova vina commisimus, quae calce et prelo subacta fluxerunt, trapetis teritur 5
baca Sicyonia, ut praecox olea in usum olivi viridis mulceatur. interea loci ferarum
domus indago sollicitat, ut incertus agricola in ofGcia diversa discurrat. alii scalis
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