Letter 5005: I took up your letter with great eagerness, since a long silence had built up my desire for news.
Vereor eloquentiae tuae scripta nostra committere, sed non minus caveo amori
tuo meorum quidquam negare. duas igitur oratiunculas nuper editas a nobis misi.
earum una ad urbanos fasces resultantem tenuit candidatum, alteri argumentum dedit
iam pridem decreto senatus inprobata censura. sed iudicium meum, cum res acta
2 est, habitum propagavi opere largiore. nec mihi vitio vortas priscae severitatis repul- 20
sam. nam quaedam solis speciosa nominibus usu et experiundo plurimum nocent.
rationes sententiae meae lector invenies. volo tmtum ad inspectionem dictorum parti
utrique aequus accedas. merebitur, ut spero, orationis adsertio, ut tu etiam vetustatis
patronus auctoritati ordinis manum porrigas.
X a. 398. 25
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