Letter 6047: It's unnecessary work to remind someone who already remembers, but when you've taken on a friend's business, you...
It's unnecessary work to remind someone who already remembers, but when you've taken on a friend's business, you can't help yourself from pressing. So I keep asking you to pursue our mutual friend Herculius's fondest wishes with all your energy. What gives me extra confidence is that your own relatives are on board with this. Indeed, my son Valentinus confirms that he too was consulted by letter by Julianus and advised the same thing we all want regarding the marriage terms.
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Latin / Greek Original
Redundantis est operae memorem commonere, sed suscepta amicorum negotia
30 nequaquam nos modum servare patiuntur. quare ut amici communis Herculii c. v.
votiva mandata acriter exequaris, orare non desino. facit autem cum studio sanctae
17 ipsis P 1 m,
Hperantes P
1 66 SYMM ACHl EPISTVLAE
P unanimitatis tuae adsensio propinquorum. siquidem filius meus Valentinus adseruit,
se quoque consultum litteris luliani eadem, quae volumus, de nuptiarum paetione
suasisse.
XXXXV (XXXXVI) .
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.
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