Letter 4015: I know what you think of me.
Bcio quid de me sentias; sed certus iudicii tui [non] recuso laudari. aemu-
lare certe, quod te tacitus admiror, quia plus habet ponderis tecta yeneratio. relin-
quamus verborum blanditias novis inter se amicis ; illos iuyent altema praeconia usque 30
2 om. VF
biturj LypsHu, probator PVF te ipse V 12 metiare F
22 om. VF 23 cecilianus VF 25 si exsequi V, si in ra$. quinque fere Utterarum
LlBERim. 113
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