Letter 5019: Your letter was trimmed to Spartan brevity but overflows with substance.
Litterae tuae Spartana bretntate succinctae sunt, sed rebus exuberant, et cum
moveant de raritate querimoniam, tamen officii plenitudine memoriam suscensionis
oblitterant. quodsi eas creber usus exerceat, desiderium meum sine fastidio satieta-
25 tis explebunt. sed video, quid obsistat animo, quid impediat voluntatem. Eusebius
te noster fabulis et poculis demoratur. quem cum reddideris curae hortorum suorum,
fore arbitror, ut animus tuus iocularibus ineptiis absolutus ad negotia seria conferatur.
cartule P l m.
ratonim luretua aiticas P 1 m. 8 aflueuti P 1 m. 9 parce V plures actutum] P 2 m. M,
plures actuum P l m. V
emersisse^ P, subitae mersisset V discordiam et PVF, lacunam indicavi 15 ac] et F 16 mea V
134 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
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