Letter 6008: Your letter was delivered while I was at the seventh milestone along the Via Ostiensis, and I immediately arranged...
Redditae sunt nobis litterae vestrae, cum in Ostiensis viae septimo degeremus,
et ilico per inlustrem virum vicarium petitu meo actorum processit editio. sed puer
vester inconsultis atque ignorantibus nobis urbe discessit, ut est servis familiaris in-
probitas. vestra m manu est, utrum hoc inultum esse patiamini. interea filiam meam
10 iactari instaurato ianguore non siluit. cuius nuntii vulnus alte incidit pectori meo,
nec abolebitur metus, nisi mutua scriptione fidem sanitatis eius accepero. facite igi-
tur, oro vos, ut formidinem meam securitas protinus reportata commutet. vale.
vim.
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