Letter 4030: Generously, as is your way, you sent an attendant to assist our return journey.
Benigne, ut mos est tibi, recursum nostrum misso apparitore iuvisti; quem pro-
gressus ad Appennini superiora dimisi adiecto officio litterarum, ut gratiam, quam 20
rebus aequare non possum, saltem verborum honore conpensem. quod superest itineri,
spero praefata dei venia sine labore peragendum. minus enim molesta sunt, quae
perveniendi spem proximam pollicentur.
LXX (LXXI) a. 387.
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