Letter 5037: I would not have you judge the character of the man I am recommending by the standards of the others who handle...
Nolo ex moribus ceterorum, qui census senatorios tractant, etiam huius ingenium,
quem commendo, perpendas. est enim non mediocri loco aut infima sorte progenitus,
30 sed honestatem natalium pudore custodiens. atque ideo nec ego indecorum putavi
bene cognitum prosequi testimonio litterarum , nec singularis generositas tua debet de
eius amore dubitare, quem videt nobis adstipulantibus adprobari. et haec quidem pro
Ammonio satis dicta sunt, ipse autem desiderium sermonis tui silere non debeo, cuius
adpetentiam scriptorum tuorum raritas vehementius excitavit. v
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tatelis PVM inueteraU] M, inuetera PV ira P quatitnr F, quaeritur M 8 po88/////nis P
prodest V mescere P 1 m. 16 porfyriae P, porphiriae V, porphyriae Qusebius M postumius M
tri meo F, om. M spercino P 21 curas sensuum quam V 22 conferendis F debui erit
/taque P, debuerit itaque F, debuerim itaque M 24 existimatione VM
25 «q* auf. symmachi. uo. ex/licit ad felicem incipit eiusdem ad saUustium P, explicit ad felicem
incipit ad salustium F, om. V 27 om. VF 28 censos P 1 m. ///atorios P 29 mediocre V
inflrma P, inflrma F, informa V 30 nec ego] non F 33 Ammonia] ammonitione F 34 ad
paenitentiam V
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1 40 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
LVI (Lini) a. 401.
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