Letter 5038: You gave me more than I asked for.
Cumulatius officium mihi, quam poposceram, detulisti. nam cum domesticos meos
iuvari a te in conquisitione equorum curulium postulassem , quadrigis quattuor gratui-
tis auxisti numerum conparatum. ex illis equos undecim superstites ceteris prosecu- 5
torum cura perduxit, nec longo intervallo pars succubuit traditorum. gratiam tamen
religionis tuae fortuna non minuit, quia in muneribus amicorum non sunt damna ca-
suum cogitanda; quin immo ea in acceptum summa referenda est, quae ab offerente
processit. ad te diptychum candidati et apophoretum librarum argenti duarum per
hominem tuum misimus adprobare cupientes, editioni te nostrae re, non animo de- lo
fuisse.
LVn (LV).
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I would say more, if justice needed many prayers to assist it.
Someone might think it is merely a formality that the consul of the previous year still owes these obligations.
The good Salutius has restored us to the honor from which the boorish Elpidius had driven us.
I recently read your letter and could tell your spirits were low.