Letter 6001: On matters that are plain and obvious, it's better to consult the facts than listen to gossip.
De rebus liquidis atque manifestis rectius natura quam fama consulitur. ergo in
tenui patriae victu superioris providentiae laudem refotam non ex ore multitudinis sed
ex ratione humani ingenii colligamus. necesse est enim seros aestimatores beneficio-
2 rum, cum succedant angustiae copiis, dissimulatam gratiam conlatione sentire. et
plebes quidem nostra paucorum studiis antehac in odium tanti civis snbacta testatur 25
pro[)alam paenitendi correctionem ; collegamm vero notissimus pervicax livor noii sinit
fatcri, nuod cogit veritas iudicare. quare tacito adficiuntur rubore et convictomm si-
3 miles proferre de vobis nequeunt, quae sentire coguntur. sed haec longius exeqni
cundis VI, secundis litteris M 5 nuntiasti plurimnmque sors composita contrahit Af, sequiiur VJl^ 39
formis V residere (reddere V^) plerumque fors disposita etc. sequitur Vll^ 39 in V, pars rtliqua epiatu-
lae deeat tn V^, pont Vll, 39 coUocata est in V^
16 commemoratione V
bus in rcM. P ergo] er V 26 libor T, liber P non] eod. Pithoei, om. PVM 27 ro-
bore P 1 m. simUis P 1 m. V
I
LIBER V. VI. 153
non est necesse; snfficit enim redisse ad conciliationem famae vestrae publicnm testi- PVM
moninm. viyat modo et in patris celebri memoria solacinm tnum et in tna salnte
patema reparatio. yale.
n a. 395 /
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