Letter 5004: I'm delighted that your first letter came to me, and I earnestly ask that you not abandon this gracious habit.
Gaudeo mihi sermonis tui primitias contigisse et inpendio postulo, ut humanissi-
mum inceptum religiosa cura non deserat. his enim maxime nutrimentis amicitiarum to
cultus adolescit. cum haec scriberem, recte mihi sanitas suppetebat. cuius rei indi-
dum propterea singulari generositati tuae credidi deferendum, ut cognitionem mihi
sospitatis tuae mutuus rependat adfectus.
Vmi a. 396—397.
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