Letter 7070: I've grown more confident in my affection for Athanasius, a man of fine qualities, now that I've learned your...
Athanasium bonis artibus clarum securius amare coepi, postquam de eo iudicium
VF tuum I conperi. magna enim praerogativa est , placuisse sapienti. quare commenda-
tione eius abstineo, ne minora adferam, quam tibi credo sentirt. illa pars mihi pro-
nior dictu est, ut ames in eo spem, quam dedisti, addasque inchoato beneficio per- 15
fectionem. quam si aliquis eventus eluserit, effice, oro te, maiora praestando, ut illi
prioris voti prosit amissio.
CXXVI a. 4U1— 402.
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