Letter 6028: A longer letter would be needed if I were recommending a stranger.
A longer letter would be needed if I were recommending a stranger. But Justinus is a man of the utmost gravity and honor, and our long-standing friendship requires no formal introduction. It's enough that you show him your usual affection. As for our own affairs, they've already been shared with your household in my recent letter, and he'll fill in the rest in person. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Vberius scribendum est, si commendentur incogniti; lustini autem gravissimi at-
que honestissimi viri antiqua nobiscum familiaritas conciliationis adminiculum non re-
quirit. satis est igitur, si ei amorem solitum deferatis. quae vero ad nos pertinent, 35
et proxime unanimitati vestrae litteris indicata sunt et nunc ipsius ore pandentur.
7 incognitos] LectiuSj cognitos P
scitur Mereer 30 plena luretua defertur P 1 m,
36 iiidicaU] (ZZ^), ind///U P
XXVIU (XXVIIII) a. 397.
Revision history
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