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...

I'm glad you're well. But the idea that the coast at Naples outshines our Formiae -- I suspect that's not really your honest opinion. You've changed your words, not your mind, to flatter your present hosts. Unless the explanation is financial: things are naturally more pleasant where the harvest is richer. But a region's quality should be judged on its own merits, not on our balance sheets. Why argue? Your length of stay will prove whether you're truly happier there -- though there's no doubt you left my company unwillingly. Farewell.

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.