Letter 6010: After this greeting, I turn to a matter that demands your attention.
Rogatos esse nos audio ad ofGcium consulare. mihi quiescere et domi manere
sententia est.post anni superioris laborem; ipse quid statuas, altius cogita et sapien-
ter expende. praesumo autero eos, qui dicuntur acciti, auctoritate praecelsi viri ede-
cumatos esse et his unanimitatem tuam-consulto esse sociatam, ut ad agendas gratias
30 sub occasione officii consularis excurras. verendum autem est, ne si excusandum pu-
taveris, proximi rescripti impetratione videaris offensus; et fortasse, quantum de in-
certis sperare fas est, error iste, cum feliciter adfueris, corrigetur. Hispanum roga-
tum esse non conperi. considera igitur eventum partis utriusque. ego denuo nuntiabo,
si quid super hoc novae cognitionis accesserit. vale.
1 nam e meis V 3x fonete VM
5 om, VM 6 hostiensis PM 7 meo (m in ras,) P 9 in] Af, om, VP maltnm
Vlm. 10 UcUri V ///gore P siluit (ni in ra»,) P nnntiis P, nnnciis V in-
cedlt P 1 m, V, insedit M 11 igitur] ergo V 12 ut] ad V 1 m. uale om. V, sequitur in V
VII, 34 y in M VII, 35 ; rcliquac huiua libri epiitulae in utroque eodice daiderantur
Ofn. P 1 m,
29 Boeiato P 1 m,
20*
156 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
XI.
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