Letter 6058: I trust that by now the prefect's earlier letter has reached you.
Credo nnnc saltem priores domini mei praefecti litteras tibi redditas. quae si
casu aliquo aut neglegentia portitoris elapsae sunt, en tibi aliam sublimissimi viri
6 paginam , cui me hunc sermonem iussit adiungere , ut quid sententiae tibi sit de sus-
cipiendo negotio, cui te optat adhiberi, his consultus expedias. puto enim vos in
meliorem valetudinem revertisse, postquam mihi fecistis indicium, quod reversioni ve-
strae morbns obstaret. et nos quidem malumus, ut integrato sanitatis statu reditum
spondeatis, sed si querellae corporis votum morantur, evidentibus scriptis expectatio-
10 nem consulentis absolvite. vale.
LVn (LVUI) hieme 397/8.
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