Letter 6080: I got ahead of your inquiry -- knowing you'd be worried when you heard I'd fallen ill -- and although I'd already...
Anteveni inquisitionem , cum vos sollicitos fore, quod essem morbo adtemptatus,
15 adverterem, et quamvis ultro scripserim, doloris mei adversa tenuari, abolendae ta-
men sollicitudinis vestrae causa, quae apud amantes semper incredula est, nunc quo-
que nuntio, si dictum nullus Fortunae livor effascinet, in concordiam me cum sanitate
redire. sed nondum sensum meum penetrat amoenitas litoralis. nam ut ex longa
maris iactatione stabilis gressus sero reparatur, sic tempore opus est, ut tanti mali
20 decessio locum faciat voluptati. ergo neque Formianae orae neque aedificationis meae
tantisper ullam capio dulcedinem. sed haec, ut spero, omnia cum bono valetudinis
revertentur moxque ad laetitiam vestri animi stilo meo communicata pervenient.
Lxxvm (Lxxvim).
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