Letter 7008: I trust that a steady flow of letters from me is enough to comfort your heart.
Confido solando animo tuo sermonis mei adsiduitatem posse sufficere ; nam re- 25
centibus scriptis hunc addo semonem, cuius tibi lectio spem reditus mei pollicebitur,
si fors praesumpta confirmet. ratio autem huius aestimationis in aperto est, quia post
magnificam ludorum consularium functionem sola adhuc arenae restat editio. mutetur
igitur animus in gaudium, et adeptum esse te crede, quod possibilis coniectura pro-
mittit. vale. 30
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13 quod eo in ras. P
19 accessu P 1 m. 20 reUrdant (r)
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ullara epistolam (77), x^xAJIiliJJlllj P
omis-
7 mn-
LIBER VH. 1 79
VIIII a. 399—402.
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