Letter 6011: I've wanted to write to you for some time, but the demands of public and private business have kept my pen idle.
Mnlta mihi ad vos scribenti panca respondes, et moleste fero mandatomm vestro-
rum calere principia nsque ad sollicitudinem meam, mox antem per silentinm frigere
processns. fortasse qnaeratis, quid etiam nnnc referri in no^centiam meam postnlem. 5
2 Capnanae domns pretinm scripseram cnm venditore decisnm: nihil de eins confirmar-
tione rescribitis; Samniticae possessionis reformatio et vindicta mandata est: tantnm
vacnatos dotibus agros sero docnisti ; adhnc tamen nescio, qnid exhibitio ininncta pro-
fecerit, cuius me expectatio rus ire non patitnr. vereor enim, ne, quod saepe factnm
est, clandestina aliqnid temptet obreptio. qnare ant instrnite, qnid supersit negotiis 10
3 explicandis, ant si res in vado snnt, viam mihi nsurpandae secessionis aperite. cnm
fratre meo Censorino non moleste fero snb qnolibet dispendio nostro de litoralibns
spatiis indicatum. restat ut interiectu mnri praetoria dividantnr , ne cessante indicio
indicationis mrsns vicinae angnstiae in alios sese terminos nitantnr extendere. vale.
XU a. 396. 16
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