Letter 6060: Since our dear Sibidius returned to Rome and reported how badly my daughter is suffering physically, my own spirits...
20 Postquam pignus nostrum Sibidius Romam rediit et nuntius fuit, quantus filiam
meam vexet corporis dolor, meus quoque animus aegrescit. itaque litteras nihil mo-
ratus emisi anxie petens, primo ut medica ope et abstinentia noxiorum ad sanitatem
iuvetur, dehinc ut rescripti fides abolendae sollicitudini meae consulat. ipsi post le-
gatorum profectionem rus Vaticanum, quod vestro praedio cohaeret, accessimus, et
25 si nihil disposita conturbet, in Apriles kalendas villae otio defruemur. iuniorum di- 2
lectus urbanis familiis imperatus usque ad aetemi principis responsa pendebit. de
coniunctis exemplaribus formam praecepti utriusque noscetis. haec quia tuis litteris
desiderata sunt, misi; ceterum mera atque unica mihi causa dictandae epistnlae fuit,
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