Letter 6085: ...we missed the company of those whose presence and companionship can make even a modest dinner feel special.
consumpsimus , quorum contuitus atque convictus commendare nonnumquam solet et-
iam parca convivia. quare et vobis et communi pignori, cuius soUemnem diem se-
dula religione celebrastis , uberes precamur annos et recursum in haec eadem festa ^o
numerosum. decet enim pios parentes inoffensa felicitas. nobis Tiburis aura blan-
ditnr, sed contra exasperat animtim male gesta ratio vilicorum. neque ager cultura
nitet, et fructuum pars magna debetur, nihilque iam colonis superest facultatum, quod
aut rationi opituletur aut cultui. vale.
rttus^ exasperata nimium P 24 cultus P 1 m.
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