Letter 5031: I love your letters — they always bring me some good news.
Amo litteras tuas, nam semper mihi aliquidgratulationis adportant; ego autem be-
nefactis tuis nuda oratione respondeo. sed ut est praeclara mens tua, perinde
has sibi existimat fructuosas, et ideo hanc operam perseveranter advigilo, quam scio
apud te pro magno aere censeri. interea domino et principi nostro eiusque in me 2
20 beneficientiae egi per epistulam gratias verbis fortassis exiguas sed adfeetione animi
copiosas. quas si eximia unanimitas tua et probata mihi amicitiae fides iucunda atque
oportuna insinuaverit lectione, non videbor ingratus, cum probaverit, sicuti opto, in-
viCtissimus princeps, beneficia se huiusmodi apud memorem conlocasse.
L (XXXXVni).
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