Letter 6032: The distinguished Principius, a man of fine birth and proven integrity, hardly needs a recommendation from anyone...
The distinguished Principius, a man of fine birth and proven integrity, hardly needs a recommendation from anyone else -- especially since he already takes pride in your own esteem and affection. I would describe his virtues at greater length, but it would be redundant to rehearse what everyone already knows. Let me just add this: whatever honor you show him will be felt by all the good men who care about him.
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Latin / Greek Original
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
Q. Atkbuvs Stmmaorts. 21
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) .
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.
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