Letter 6013: The frequency of my earlier letters has used up everything worth writing.
AdBiduitas epistularum saperiorum scribenda consnmpsit; sola nunc superest sa-
Intationis religiosa generalitas. et sane^ si qua suppeterent paginis persequenda, com-
5 meanti rectius crederentur. tunc enim stilo indulgendum est, cum recipiendis man-
datis proficiscentium persona non sufficit; nunc si quid scitu dignum putabitis, sine
nostri sermonis excursu plenius a commeante discetis. vale.
Xmi (XV) a. 396.
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