Letter 3042: I'm well. That should always be the opening line of a letter, since it's what the reader most wants to hear.
Recte valeo. hoc enim scribendi debet esse principium, quod maxime expetunt
15 vota lecturi. aeque tibi oblatum vigorem nimis gaudeo; nam me indido tali nuper
hilarasti. illud quoque in summam pono laetitiae, quod te memorem mei honorificen-
tia proximae scriptionis ostendit. cuius rei gratiam silere non debeo, ut hoc invita-
mento ad perseverantiam litterarii muneris provoceris.
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