Letter 4027: ...I am still waiting in suspense for your judgment on those pieces belonging to our togaed nation.
Aniioehenaium h, l. laiere videntur^ e. g. eo Prosper et Chaerea summatis anthiocensium PV misi V
egrinantis PVy peregrinantibus M 8 secutus PV
10 om. VF 11 copia iam] Mommaen, copiam PV 12 muneris VF 13 laudaclano-
rnm K(/^), laudatianorum F deploret VF 14 pretium tuum quod V 15 in remissis VF
remunerabo F, renuncialK) V 16 syngrafam PV 17 potissimus P
26 satU Plm. 27 ediU P 1 m. 28 bis PKAf
LIBER nn. 121
tentiam de illis gentis togatae adhue expectatione indieii tui pendeo; quod volo iura- PVM
tu8 ^ittas, quia convenit vinciri sacramento fidem, si quando amicitia in suspieionem
venit gratiae.
LXVi(LXVI).
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