Letter 6073: I confess I've kept my pen idle for a while.
20 Dia me ab stilo fateor temperasse; nihil enim quod scriberemas, emersit, salatis
aatem vestrae laetam fidem de adventantiam sermone capiebam. tandem cessationem
vicit adfectio. reparamus igitar dicendae morem salatis vacai omniam negotioram.
post Tibartem qaippe secessionem Romae otia lenta prodacimas. sed non asqaeqaa-
qae agendaram reram samas desides. nam domi corraptoram parietam discidia sar-
26 ciantar, qaia freqaentationem soliditati conditor primas antetalit et antiqaior ei visa
est celeritas utendi qaam secaritas succedentiam. vos nova et aevam mansara moli-
mini; siquidem sermo distalit, quaedam vos LacuUanis operibus aeqaanda fecisse.
nec tamen vobis inpendii magnitadine cesserimas. par enim samptus est semel so-
lida conlocare et saepe integrare rectdentia. vale.
rarom] (77), periit in P exe/// P 15 maiore P 1 m.
qnior ei nl«a] (77), /f////////,'///\sti P 26 quam securitma] (77), perUt in P et aeuum] (77), perUt
in P molimina P 2 m. 27 //rmo P 28 sumptum (F) 29 conloc*T/////epe P ro-
cedentift r*, cedentia P 1 m.j ctdentia P2 m.
174 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
LXXI (LXXni.
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