Letter 7044: You've been free of public duties for some time -- you should have returned in person rather than soothing your...
lamdudnm curis publicis absolutus relegere iter potius qnam auspiciis litterarura
lenire amicorum desideria debuisti. nam si tibi valetudo ex sententia suppetit, qnid
causae esse dicam , quod diu in Campania demoraris ? an ut nos amantissimos tui 5
diu defraudes tis bonis, quae in te solemus amplecti? quin immo nrbis nostrique
reminiscere, et dum oportunitas aestatis invitat, iter festinus usurpa, ut longa ab-
sentiae tuae damna tandem optato reditu sarciantur. vale.
XXXXI.
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