Letter 6044: ...was unexpectedly held up.
5 inopina retineret. cuius corporales querellas praestat silere, ne sanctitatis ve^strae soUi-
citudo geminetur; et certe frater meus Comazon desiderio vestro urbe digressus cu-
mulatius, quae tacemus, expediet. postulare non debeo, quod sponte facietis, ut cu-
rarum nostrarum magnitudinem scriptis laetioribus conprimatis. vale.
XXXXII (XXXXIII) a. 401.
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