Letter 5021: I'm overjoyed that an old debt has been paid to your merits at last.
Supra modum gaudeo redditum esse meritis tuis vetu^ debitum. iamdudum enim
rem publieam virtutibus obligasti, quae nancta divinae fidei prineipem sibi quodam- 5
modo consulatum, quem tibi solveret, impetravit. ad huius celebritatem voto alacri
cucurrissem, nisi diplomatis sacri tarda perlatio artasset intervallum diemm. accessit
hiemis contemplatio~quae magno frigore et brevibus lucis horis moratur excursus.
meus tamen animus, meum gaudium tecum est. ego solus dolere debeo, quod mihi
tantum bonum casus inviderit; tibi et praesentium satisfaciet numerus et cnltus ab- 10
sentium.
XXXVim (XXXVII) a. 389.
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