Letter 3034: My brothers Dorotheus and Septimius, praiseworthy men, carried a single letter from you.
Fratres mei Dorotheus et Septimius laudabiles viri unam tuam epistnlam pertn-
lerunt. sed mihi religio fuit istiusmodi captare compendium, ut et tibi geminata officii 30
responderet usura, et singulis honor debiti testimonii proveniret. nam etsi tibi Doro-
2 om, VF 3 praecepi (7^) 4 moris PVF promiBerunt F 6 illad latiua praedicares
maUem aequaret ratio V latius om. F 7 de nobis om, VF 8 adfectionem P 9 hac pnri-
tate F rependam dlgnum V actenus P J m. 11 uale om. V
12 Tii explicit ad marinianum inc ad ambrosium Py om, VF 14 om, VF 15 salustio VF
17 Buggerentur Schoitus superuacuaneum P 18 nale add. VF
2S om. VM 31 proueniret coff. ex praeueniret P
LIBEB m. 8t
iheas frater noster probatns est, cnpio tamen, nt enm in maiorem modum indieii mei PVM
praerogativa eonciliet, qnod fnturnm esse non ambigo, cnm adfectio boni animi capax
sit angmenti, qnotiens meritis provocatur.
XXXm a. 395?
^ SYMMACHVS AMBROSIO.
Licet arbitrer, superiores litteras meas, qnibns, nt fratrem menm Marciannm ab
ininriis vindices, postulavi, in manns tuas esse delatas, abstinere tamen etiam secnnda
petitione non debui, ut necessitatem yiri optimi sed invidia tyrannici temporis involnti
precatio geminata testetur. quare mrsus te ad amici defensionem exhortor, cuius
10 tenuitas orta ex integritate non patitur, nt annonarum pretia possit exsolvere, quae
iam mnltis einsdem temporis indicibus imperialis clementia relaxavit. erit igitur tibi
facilior ad impetrandum via, cum meritomm tuomm opitulatio aliorum iuvetur exem-
plis. vale.
XXXira a. 392—393.
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