Letter 6036: As long as the rumors are still circulating and nothing is settled, stay calm and enjoy your leisure.
Qaamdiu iactata ramoribus tempore diffemntTir, caramm vacnas otiare; si qaid
aadita dignam fideqae sabnixum recentior sermo pervexerit, neque nuntiandi neque
h suadendi partibus abstinebo. unum hoc ante rei necessitatem de meo sume consilio,
nulla ratione te posse evocationis honorificentiam deprecari. de fratre autem vestro 2
praeter mandatum nihil etiam nunc opinionis accepimus. ipsi haec de nuptiis Ostien-
sibus. ad quas nos viri inlustris Sallustii filius iunior evocavit, contulimus in paginam,
sed continuo ob ludoram praeparationem Roma repetenda est. diu enim mihi ista
10 cnranda sunt, quae facile, si adesset sanctitas vestra, communis diligentia posset ab-
solvere. vale.
XXXVI (XXXVII) a. 398.
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