Letter 5066: It is an act full of piety that you spontaneously anticipate a brother's wish.
It is an act full of piety that you spontaneously anticipate a brother's wish. Just recently, your unsolicited generosity has once again demonstrated the warmth of your character. When a friend acts before being asked, the gift is doubled in value -- once for the thing itself and once for the thoughtfulness that prompted it. I am grateful and will look for an opportunity to repay the kindness in equal measure.
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Latin / Greek Original
Plenum religionis officium est, quod sponte votum fratris antevenis. proxime igitur
familiares nostri ad equorura coemptionem cum pretiis commeabunt, ut ex omnibus i»
quadrigis, quas scripsisti esse venales, praestantiores cursu et genere pollentes defloret
electio. haec autera tibi cura sumenda est, ut praeteritis editionibus nostris recens
ludorum fama respondeat. inprimis igitur hanc de te gratiam peto^ ne magis numerum
quam merita perpendas. nam cum de Hispaniis copiam mihi equorum spes certa pro-
mittat, hos, quos de proximo polliceris, securior diligentia debet excerpere. is
LXXXm (LXXXI) a. 399.
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