Letter 7005: I expect another letter of mine will reach you first, since the carriers of this one are following a slow pack-mule...
Credo alias litteras meas in manus amabilitatis taae ante venturas; huius nam-
que epistulae portitores lento itinere mulos reduces prosequentur. ego tamen saluta-
tionis munere abstinere non potui ; malui enim, ut redundaret officiuin sero pervectum, &
quam ut desideraretur omissum. tuae amabilitatis necdum ullam epistulam sumpsi.
quaeso, ut huius tibi muneris summa curatio sit; ex tuo enim metiri animo potes,
quid levaminis absentibus tribuat adsiduitas scriptiouis.
VI a. 399—402.
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When I had read the letter of your holinesses, how did I not groan and lament that I had heard of these further troubles, of blows and insults inflicted on yourselves, of destruction of homes, devastation of the city, ruin of your whole country, persecution of the Church, banishment; of priests, invasion of wolves, and scattering of flocks. But ...
I'm overjoyed that an old debt has been paid to your merits at last.
I appreciate the sweet-tempered way you reproach me.
Not only do I write to you, but I demand payment in kind.
O faithful man of solitary life, and practiser of true religion, learn the lessons of the evangelic conversation, of mastery over the body, of a meek spirit, of purity of mind, of destruction of pride. Pressed into the service, add to your gifts, for the Lord's sake; robbed, never go to law; hated, love; persecuted, endure; slandered, entreat. ...