Letter 6016: I foresaw the fear that news of my illness would cause you.
Praevidi, quem metum vobis fama aegritudinis meae posset incutere, quae cum
soleat supra vemm de absentibus loqui, magnitudinem periculi mei ne fando quidera
30 videtur aequasse. itaque ubi primum mihi formare litteras per valetudinem licuit,
non distuli lenire apud vos stilo, quae vulgata credideram, et quamvis modificandae
sollicitudini vestrae prior sermo sufficeret, ad fidem tamen securitatis adtestatio se-
cunda proficiat. interea de ordinando reditu facite noverim. quid consilii ceperitis.
fateor enim molliore me esse adfectione post discrimen salutis nec ulterius posse sua-
35 dere, ut desiderio meo vestrnm otium praeferatis.
11 C. Th. VIIII 42, 14 dat. id. Febr. Constantinopoli, Arcadio IIII et Honorio III AA. coss.
30 aeq/Z/se P 33 proflciet P2m,
158 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
xvn (X vni) .
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