Letter 3031: You report what I had already perceived through hope and intuition: that the very first meeting opened the door of...
Factum nantias, qnod spe et opinione ante percepi, nt tibi amicitiam bonornm
primns congressus aperiret; namque boc nobis et tui mores et illomm iudicia promi-
serant. facile enim probitas delata ad virtutum arbitros placet. yerum ista pars 5
gaudenda mihi potius quam producenda est; illud mallem latius praedicare, si aequa-
ret oratio rei magnitudinem , quod vestimenta de nobis usni tuo vindicas. nihil hoc
amore sincerius; scias fiduciam de simplici adfectione surgentem genus esse yirtutis.
sed quid ego buic puritati dignum rependam? stetimus officiis religionis hactenns
pares; nunc tibi sine cunctatione cedimus. puto tibi sufficere ad vicem tantae gratiae 10
victi confessionem. vale.
AD AMBROSIVM.
XXX ante a. 398.
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