Letter 7041: I'm glad you're well. But the idea that the coast at Naples outshines our Formiae -- I suspect that's not really...
Volnptati mihi est, quod yales. sed qnod Formiis nostris Neapolitana ora prae-
fertnr, animadverto tui non esse indicii. in gratiam quippe praesentium non senten-
5 tiam sed verba mutasti , nisi forte rerum tuarum eonlatio facit illud tibi esse iucun-
dius, ubi fructus uberior est. sed natura regionum suis meritis non nostiis quaestibns
aesHmanda est. sed quid de boc multa? testabitur commoratio tua, an ibi libentius
otieris, cum in dubium non veniat) quod a me invitus abscesseris. vale.
XXXVm a. 398.
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