Letter 7028: You told me to stay at Baiae [the famous resort on the Bay of Naples].
Bais residere iussisti. adserebat perlator epistulae, imminere excursum tuum calcibus
suis. quid facerem, cum me nec locus idem teneret? expeditius visum est, ut a te
potius gratiam continuandi ad nos itineris posceremus. amicos enim, non Baias de-
30 siderasti, nisi forte illo luxuriae sinu traheris. comitabimur te, si eo redire malneris,
atque] F, ptfiii in P 6 urbanas turbas] F, urban//////// P dedino] F, d////// P 9 motus (/")
tim (itim in fxu.) P
ligentia tui] (/7), diligen////// P 21 ad////lone P 22 eueniet] Wingendorp, ueniet P 23 pos-
sessionem P possit P2 m.
184 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
P quamvis regionis istius caelum salubrius et pares copiae sint. erit optio tua, inten-
dere iter an relegere debeamus. ad defensionem meam pertinet eo redeuntem te se-
qui, ubi adventantem expectare non potui. vale.
XXV.
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