Letter 7032: Though I'm laid low by a serious fever, I couldn't deny you the courtesy of a letter without seeming to neglect my...
Licet gravissimis febribus inpedirer. non potui denegare tibi honorificentiam Htte- 30
rarum, ne religionis neglegens iudicarer. nec tamcn in multam seriem propagare lit-
teras valui, quarum brevitas inculpabilis est, cum ex iniuria valetudinis, non ex vo-
luntate descendat.
po8«e F, re posse (F) 9 existlmes F 10 deuoueo F
33 descendat] (77), descen/// P
XXVIIII.
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