Letter 6015: The fortunes of our shared homeland have been reduced to such dire straits that the worst must be avoided.
In eas angustias communis patriae fortuna deducta est, ut extrema vitanda sint.
itaque fratrem vestrum continuo ad vos opto dimittere, cui bastemarios mox praebere
dignamini, ut festinatio eius iumentomm adminiculis adiuvetur. ceterum filiam meam
vexari itinere, sicuti ante scripseram, non oportet, quoniam post incommodum grave
25 valetudo eius otio et quiete refovenda est. vale.
XVI (XVU) a. 397.
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