Letter 5010: The bearer will deliver to you a gift that our friendship has long promised.
Numidae familiaris nostri adventus haud mediocriter mihi gaudio fuit. hanc lae-
titiam tuus sermo geminavit. duobus igitur a te muneribus adfectus amicum tibi cum
litteraria salutatione restituo.
XXVm (XXVI).
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