Letter 5063: I hope for your presence -- for you are not in the habit of abandoning your promises.
Praesentiam tuam spero ; neque enim soles promissa deserere. sed frequens fama
est, praetorianas litteras obstare dispositis. quare ne haeream diu expectationis in-
20 certus, confirmari scriptis recentioribus volo, ut sciam morae esse pretium, si adfuturus
es, aut solvar manendi fastidio, si teneris.
LXXX (LXXVni).
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