Letter 6032: The distinguished Principius, a man of fine birth and proven integrity, hardly needs a recommendation from anyone...
V. c. Principius genere et probitate conspicuus commendationem non requirit
alienam , cum tui quoque in se amoris atque iudicii testimonio glorietur. cuius bona
25 Bymmaciis P
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162 8YMMACHI EPISTVLAE
PF latius explicarem, nisi esset operac redundantis cunctis nota replicare. hoc unum ad-
iecisse sufficiet, quidquid illi honorificentiae tribueris^ ad omnes bonos, qui eum dili-
gunt, pervenire.
xxxn (xxxiu) .
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When I was surveying in writing the civil and military achievements of our lord Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius I, r.
1. I have read, and read with pleasure, the letter which you have sent by Strategius the presbyter. How should I not so read it, written as it is by a wise man, and dictated by a heart which has learned to observe the universal love taught by the commandment of the Lord?
A longer letter would be needed if I were recommending a stranger.
...while others track scent-trails with the keen noses of their hounds.
I am staying in Milan for the moment, summoned for the ceremonies of our lord Valentinian's inaugural consulship.