Letter 5008: [To a friend about Anastasius] You know our friend Anastasius well — you've seen him often in your own home.

[To a friend about Anastasius] You know our friend Anastasius well — you've seen him often in your own home. That familiarity alone ought to count in his favor with you, even without any letter of introduction. But now I have no doubt your care for him will be all the greater, since both an old acquaintance and this present letter speak on his behalf. [To Magnillus] A convenient opportunity has come up to send you a sign of my well-being. I have no doubt my letter will reach you, since Silvanus — a man devoted to our interests — will deliver it. The very fact that he's carrying out this duty should itself recommend him to you. As for your reply, I'm not worried — our mutual affection guarantees that your letters will come in turn. Farewell.

Anastasium nostrum dignaris agnoscere, . nam domi saepe vidisti. haec illi notitia 15 apud te debet esse suffragio, etiamsi nullis iuvaretur alloquiis. nunc dubitare non possum, cumulatiorem circa eum fore curam tui, cum eum et vetusta cognitio et prae- sens sermo commendet. xxim (XXIII) . AD MAGNILLVM. 20 Familiaris emersit occasio, quae tibi salutis meae adportaret indicia. neque enim dubitare possum, tibi litteras meas esse reddendas, quas Bilvanus ad animi nostri di- ligentiam pertinens exhibebit. cui haec ipsa recepti officii commendatio apud te debet esse suffragio. ceterum ut respondeas, non laboro, cum mihi vicissitudinem scripto- rum tuorum mutua poUiceatur adfectio. 25 XXV PCXIIII).