Letter 5073: We have reached the shore at Formiae.
Formianum litus accessimus. hinc Puteolos mox petemus. grave est enim sub
auribus iudicis Baiarum adpetentiam confiteri. habes ordinem propositi mei. ipse
memento promissi, quo te ob causas publicas peregrinationis meae fore solacium spo-
pondisti. vale.
10 LXXXXim (LXXXXII) a. 402.
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