Letter 5067: The senatorial obligations are drawing our attention to pressing concerns.
Curam nostram senatoriae functiones ad votiva sollicitant. praeturam quippe filii
mei, si fors dictum iuvet, proximus annus expectat, cuius instruenda^ causa amicis
nostris negotium dedimns, ut equos ex Hispania lectissiraae nobilitatis edecument. ex- 20
periantur igitur suffraginm tuum, siquid opis et favoris oraverint. decet enim te pro
amore mutuo mecum curanda partiri.
LXXXIIII (LXXXH) .
pri.2F SYMMACHVS HELPIDIO.
Silentium meum etiam ipse reprehenderem, si tuas litteras aliquando sumpsissem. 25
itaque arguere in altero non potes, quod a te admissum esse meministi. ego tamen
in haec officia primus erupi, ut et te ad scribendi studiura cohortarer et amicum meum
testimonii adstipulatione prosequerer. est enim eius industriae atque probitatis, ut
favorem tuum iure mereatur. pro quo ego petitor accedo, praesumens apud animum
tuum nostras litteras plurimum profnturas. 30
14 hiBpannls V^
instniendi PVM 20 edocumento V^ 2m., ut decument V\ ut prouideant M 21 opus P 1 m. V
fauorem V^
LXXXV (LXXXni) .
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